Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Leveillea comosa
Rhodomelaceae
Leveillea comosa Decne. , legitimate, scientific
Decaisne, J. (1839), Note sur le genre Amansia. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique 11: 376 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: ... parasite comme les deux autres sur des Sargassum, a ete recoltee sur les cotes occidentales de la Nouvelle-Hollande, par les naturalistes de l'expedition aux Terres-Australes.
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: This specimen was undoubtably collected on one of the French expeditions. The ports of call in WA were Esperance (1792), Albany(1803, 1826), Geograph Bay (1801, 1803), Swan River/Rottnest (1801, 1803), Shark Bay (1801, 1803, 1818), Dampier Arch. (1801), Bonaparte Arch. (1801, 1803) (Marchant 1982 'France Australe' Artlook Books:Perth xvi + 384 pp.).
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Dampierian).