Tasmanian robust triplefin [SEP] parent taxon
Tasmanian robust triplefin
Forsterygion gymnotum, known commonly as the Tasmanian robust triplefin, is a species of triplefin blenny in the genus "Forsterygion". It is native to coastal New Zealand, but has also been Introduced to Tasmania, Australia. It was described by Eric Oswald Scott in 1977 from Tasmania. It is though to have reached Tasmania from New Zealand through shipments of osyters.
this as a taxon hitherto unknown to science. Kellogg noted that this was "a very marked [distinct], fine [attractive], robust species, worthy of cultivation".
In the Monterey area Lobb also found "Rhododendron occidentale", one of only two deciduous "Rhododendron" species native to western North America which was to become the parent of many hybrid rhododendrons, and a small horse chestnut, the California buckeye ("Aesculus californica"). He also sent back seeds of various other conifers, including