Phyllospora obtusa (Harvey) Endlicher 1843

Publication Details
Phyllospora obtusa (Harvey) Endlicher 1843: 32

Published in: Endlicher, S.L. (1843). Mantissa botanica altera. Sistens genera plantarum supplementum tertium. pp. [vi], 111. Vienna: Fridericum Beck, Universitatis Bibliopola.

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Publication date: 1843

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllospora is Phyllospora comosa (Labillardière) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Egregia obtusa (Harvey) P.C.Silva ex S.C.Lindstrom.

Basionym
Macrocystis obtusa Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: "California" [USA]; (Harvey 1833: 163) Holotype (single gathering): BM; 00056873 Notes: Collection site was either Monterey or San Francisco.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), obtuse, blunt (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 August 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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