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IOC entry for Botryocladia chiajeana

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Botryocladia chiajeana (Meneghini) Kylin

Chrysymenia chiajeana Meneghini, 1844b: 296 (type locality: Dalmatian coast, Croatia).

Botryocladia chiajeana (Meneghini) Kylin, 1931: 18.—Gerloff, 1957: 768, fig. 47(2).— Isaac, 1967: 80.— Lawson, 1980: 35.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Tanzania.

Note: According to Isaac (1968: 5), "It is probable that at least many of the Kenya plants previously identified as Botryocladia chiajeana ... are sterile plants of Acrocystis nana.'' He also questioned Gerloff's determination of material from Dar es Salaam.

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