Blossevillea pectinata (Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder) Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Blossevillea pectinata (Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder) Kützing 1849: 629

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Blossevillea is Blossevillea torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) Decaisne.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystophora pectinata (Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder) J.Agardh.

Basionym
Cystoseira pectinata Greville & C.Agardh ex Sonder

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad litus meridionale Novae Hollandiae" [southern Australia]; (Sonder 1846: 160) Holotype: MEL; 607 (Womersley 1987: 376)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pectinate, with narrow close-set divisions like a comb (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 08 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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