Sargassaceae
Turbinaria gracilis Sond.
, legitimate, scientific
[Sonder, O.W. (1845), Nova Algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Preiss, Ph.Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3]:
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[tax. nov.]
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Type locality:
No type statement is found in Sonder 1845.
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Type specimen:
[Type category unknown]: Melbourne: 531036
[Huisman, J.M. (2000), Marine Plants of Australia]:
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[secondary reference]
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ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
[ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011]:
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[secondary reference]
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Sonder 1848 in Lehmann's 'Plantae Preissianae' p. 165 cites the following locality:- 'Ad litus occidentale Novae Hollandiae. Herb Preiss No. 2534'. Queensland records are considered suspect.
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AMANI dist.:
Western Australia (Houtman Abrolhos, Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef).