Gracilaria tuberculosa (Hampe ex Kützing) J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Gracilaria tuberculosa (Hampe ex Kützing) J.Agardh 1852: 588
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus tuberculosus Hampe ex Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad littora Peruviana (in coll. Hampeana)."; (Kützing 1849: 773)
Created: 26 January 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 January 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025