Kaliformia Stackhouse, 1816: ix, xii
Holotype species: Kaliformia verticillata (Lightfoot) Stackhouse
Currently accepted name for the type species: Chylocladia verticillata (Lightfoot) Bliding
Original publication:Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 pls. Oxonii [Oxford]: excudebat S. Collingwood.
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Type designated inPapenfuss, G.F. (1950). Review of the genera of algae described by Stackhouse. Hydrobiologia 2: 181-208. Download PDF
Taxonomic status: uncertain, requiring further investigation.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Numbers of names and species: There are 5 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present.
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):
Kaliformia diaphana (Esper) Stackhouse U
Kaliformia filiformis Stackhouse U
Kaliformia opuntia (Goodenough & Woodward) Stackhouse S
Kaliformia pusilla (Stackhouse) Stackhouse S
Kaliformia verticillata (Lightfoot) Stackhouse S - type
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=49904
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 18 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:116377
