Gymnogongrus capensis (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Gymnogongrus capensis (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1851: 324
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType 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 Ahnfeltiopsis complicata (Kützing) P.C.Silva & DeCew.
Basionym
Halymenia furcellata var. capensis C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Ad caput bonae spei. Specimen dedit Desfontaines. [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Agardh 1822: 214)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), pertaining to the Cape, usually the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
