Dictyota kunthii (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Dictyota kunthii (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: xliii

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Basionym
Zonaria kunthii C.Agardh

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In Oceano pacifico juxta portum el Callao di Lima et Guanchaco legit illustrissimus Humboldt; qui, commcndante clarissimo Kunthio, specimen delineatum dedit." [Callao and Huanchaco, Peru]; (Agardh 1821: iii)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 December 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 December 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024

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