Pterigospermum caulescens (Kützing) Kuntze 1891
Publication Details
Pterigospermum caulescens (Kützing) Kuntze 1891: 914
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.
Request PDFPublication date: 5 November 1891
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Metamastophora flabellata (Sonder) Setchell.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Basionym
Peyssonnelia caulescens Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad "Port Natal": Gueinzius" [Port Natal (Durban), South Africa]; (Kützing 1847: 775)
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), with a stem.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 August 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 17 April 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 April 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
