Kappaphycus inermis (F.Schmitz) Doty ex H.D.Nguyen & Q.N.Huynh 1995
Publication Details
Kappaphycus inermis (F.Schmitz) Doty ex H.D.Nguyen & Q.N.Huynh 1995: 233 (as 'inerme')
Published in: Nguyen, H.D. & Huynh, Q.N. (1995). Species of Eucheuma and Kappaphycus in Vietnam. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds. (Abbott, I.A. Eds) Vol. 5, pp. 229-235. La Jolla, California: California Sea Grant College System.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Kappaphycus is Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Eucheuma inerme F.Schmitz
Type Information
Type locality: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; (Silva & al. 1996: 334) Notes: Doty (1988: 173) notes that the holotype specimen, Holst No. 1339 from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was originally deposited in the Berlin Herbarium and has probably been destroyed. He designates as lectotype, an isotype specimen in the algal herbarium of the British Museum in London bearing the same identification.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), unarmed, without spines.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 June 2020
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Nomenclatural notes
The ending is treated as masculine in accordance with the povision in the Vienna Code (Art. 62C):
(c) Compounds ending in -ceras, -dendron, -nema, -stigma, -stoma, and other neuter words, are neuter. An exception is made for names ending in -anthos (or -anthus), -chilos (-chilus or -cheilos), and -phykos (-phycos or -phycus), which ought to be neuter, since that is the gender of the Greek words anthos, cheilos, and phykos, but are treated as masculine in accordance with botanical tradition. - (08 December 2009) - M.D. Guiry
This combination was also proposed by Liao (1996) and by Silva, Basson & Moe (1996). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025
