Caulerpa racemosa var. clavifera (Turner) Weber Bosse 1898

Publication Details
Caulerpa racemosa var. clavifera (Turner) Weber Bosse 1898: 361, pl. XXXIII [33]: figs 1-3

Published in: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1898). Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15(2): 243-401, plates 20-34.

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Publication date: 1898

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J.Agardh.

Basionym
Fucus clavifer Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Red Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 833)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with flowers borne in racemes.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 March 2017

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Nomenclatural note
(C. Agardh) Weber-van Bosse 1898 (Belton et al., 2014: 50). - (02 April 2014) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Verlaque et al. (2003) treat this variety as current. - (28 June 2012) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025

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