Phyllospadix W.J.Hooker, 1838: 171
Holotype species: Phyllospadix scouleri W.J.Hooker
Original publication and holotype designation:Hooker, W.J. (1838). Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America: compiled principally from the plants collected by Dr. Richardson & Mr. Drummond on the late northern expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. To which are added (by permission of the Horticultural society of London,) those of Mr. Douglas, from north-west America, and of other naturalists. Vol. 2, part 9 pp. 97-144, pls CLIX-CLXXVIII. London: Henry G. Bohn.
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Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Description: Leaves ligulate, lacking tannin cells; rhizome: monopodial, internodes short, and short roots at internodes. Dioecious, spadix projecting out of spathal sheath.
Numbers of names and species: There are 5 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present, of which 5 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Phyllospadix iwatensis Makino C
Phyllospadix japonicus Makino C
Phyllospadix scouleri W.J.Hooker C - type
Phyllospadix serrulatus Ruprecht ex Ascherson C
Phyllospadix torreyi S.Watson C
Contributors
Some of the descriptions included in AlgaeBase were originally from the unpublished Encyclopedia of Algal Genera,
organised in the 1990s by Dr Bruce Parker on behalf of the Phycological Society of America (PSA)
and intended to be published in CD format.
These AlgaeBase descriptions are now being continually updated, and each current contributor is identified above.
The PSA and AlgaeBase warmly acknowledge the generosity of all past and present contributors and particularly the work of Dr Parker.
Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:7300
