University Herbarium, UC Berkeley: Indian Ocean Catalogue

IOC entry for Champia affinis

RHODYMENIALES

CHAMPIACEAE

Champia Desvaux

Champia affinis (J. Hooker & Harvey) Harvey

Chylocladia affinis J. Hooker & Harvey, 1847: 402 (type locality: Georgetown, Tasmania).

Champia affinis (J. Hooker & Harvey) Harvey, 1853: 250.—Harvey, 1855b: 545.— Harvey, 1863: xxvii.— Sonder, 1880: 17.— G. Murray, 1887: 25.— Lucas, 1909: 34.— S. Dixit, 1970: 122.— Kendrick, Walker, & McComb, 1988: 205, table 1.— Huisman et al., 1990: 95.— Kendrick, Huisman, & Walker, 1990: 51.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Sri Lanka.

Note: Reedman & Womersley (1976: 84) gave the range of this species in Australia as King George Sound eastward, but several west coast localities have been recorded (Rottnest and Garden islands; Geographe Bay).