The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
Showing Sargassum distichum
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Type locality: No type statement is found in Sonder 1845. -
Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Melbourne: 1550992
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APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
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Comment: Protologue does not include a type statement. Sonder (1848:162) cites " Ad Novae Hollandiae litu occidentale. Herb. Preiss No. 2526." Womersley & Scott consider this to be a holotype. See also Phillips & Price (1997) Australian Systematic Botany 10(5) for an explanation of the QLD specimen. -
AMANI dist.: New South Wales (Peronian), Western Australia (Flindersian, Houtman Abrolhos), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef).