Eucheuma striatum F.Schmitz 1895

Publication Details
Eucheuma striatum F.Schmitz 1895: 151 (as 'striata')

Published in: Schmitz, F. (1895). Marine Florideen von Deutsch-Ostafrica. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 137-177.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Eucheuma is Eucheuma spinosum J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kappaphycus striatus (F.Schmitz) L.M.Liao.

Type Information
Type locality: Zanzibar, Tanzania; (Silva & al. 1996: 334) Holotype: Dr. Stuhlmann; Hamburg; (Doty 1988: 173, 177) Notes: Doty (1988: 173, 177) notes that at Leiden there is an isotype received (Weber-van Bosse 1926) from H. Winkler of the Hamburg Herbarium and that there is a tiny isotype, an exsicattum, in the British Museum.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), striped or fluted.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 June 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024

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