Gymnogongrus leptophyllus J.Agardh 1876
Current name:
Besa leptophylla (J.Agardh) M.S.Calderon & K.A.Miller
Seal Rock, Oregon, USA; lower intertidal - 14 June 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gymnogongrus leptophyllus J.Agardh 1876: 211
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gymnogongrus is Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) C.Martius.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Besa leptophylla (J.Agardh) M.S.Calderon & K.A.Miller.
Type Information
Type locality: Santa Cruz, California; (Silva 1979: 322) Type: C. L. Anderson; no date; Agardh Herbarium Lund, Sweden; (Dawson 1961: 251)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with slender leaves.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 15 December 2016
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 December 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024