Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Lyngbya willei var. galapagensis Setchell & Gardner 1937 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). L. willei var. galapagensis (Holotype: No. 236513, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci., collected by J. T. Howell (413a), Apr. 27, 1932; Type locality: Villamil, Albemarle Island, Galapagos (Setchell & Gardner, 1937)).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (L.willei var. galapagensis) Isabela (Silva, 1966).

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