Polysiphonia virgata (C.Agardh) Sprengel 1827

Publication Details
Polysiphonia virgata (C.Agardh) Sprengel 1827: 350

Published in: Sprengel, K.[P.J.] (1827). Systema vegetabilium Editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars I. Classis 24. Vol. 4 pp. [i]-iv, [1]-592. Gottingae [Göttingen]: sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Carradoriella virgata (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.

Basionym
Hutchinsia virgata C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Caput Bonae Spei, in Laminaria buccinali" [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Agardh 1824: 157)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twiggy, long and slender or streaked, rod-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 April 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 April 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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