Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Lessonia corrugata
Lessoniaceae
Lessonia corrugata A.H.S.Lucas , legitimate, scientific
Lucas, A.H.S. (1931), Notes on Australian marine algae. vi. Descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 56: 410 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: No type statement is found in Lucas.
  • Type specimen: [Type category unknown]: Sydney: [Accession No. unknown]
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987), The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Lucas does state in the protologue 'I obtained the plant by dredging in 4-5 fathoms in Port Arthur, and gathered younger ones in deep rock pools at Southport. It probably occurs all round the South coast of Tasmania'. This statement is not given as the 'Habitat.- ... ' statement used for other protologues in Lucas 1931.
  • AMANI dist.: Tasmania (Flindersian).