Drouetia coalescens (Farlow) G.De Toni 1938

Current name: Drouetia coalescens (Farlow) G.De Toni
KwaZulu-NatalFrederik Leliaert (Frederik.Leliaert@ugent.be)

Publication Details
Drouetia coalescens (Farlow) G.De Toni 1938: 27

Published in: De Toni, G. (1938). A note on phycological nomenclature. Rhodora 40: 27 only.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Drouetia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Herpophyllon coalescens Farlow

Type Information
Type locality: Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island (Isla Isabela), Galápagos Islands; (Silva & al. 1996: 365) Holotype: FH; (Filloramo & Saunders 2016: 348, fig. 5a)

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), uniting together by growth (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 July 2016

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Taxonomic note
Using SSU sequence comparisons, as well as reproductive evidence, Saunders et al. (2006) found that South African plants known as Halichrysis coalescens (Norris 1991) did not align with either Halichrysis or Drouetia but rather resolved as a novel lineage within the Rhodymeniaceae. The South African plants identified as H. coalescens in Norris (1991) were based on misidentified specimens from Australia that are presently known as Asteromenia pseudocoalescens (Saunders et al. 2006). - (13 June 2012) - Craig Schneider

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025