Dictyomenia prolifera (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1841
Current name: Epiglossum proliferum (C.Agardh) L.E.Phillips
Publication Details
Dictyomenia prolifera (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1841: 27
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1841). In historiam algarum symbolae. Linnaea 15: 1-50, 443-457.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dictyomenia is Dictyomenia tridens (Mertens ex Turner) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Epiglossum proliferum (C.Agardh) L.E.Phillips.
Basionym
Amansia prolifera C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Ad novam Hollandiam [Australia]. Specimen vidi in collectione musei Parisiensis.; (Agardh 1822: 194) Lectotype: Saenger & Ducker; 1971; LD; 42807 (Phillips 2002: 225) Notes: Womersley (2003: 404) gives the following data: Type from “N. Holl.” (No. 24); holotype in LD, 42807: isotype in PC. As C. Agardh specified the plant in PC as "Fucus N:o 24, mus. Paris.", perhaps this should be the type.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), producing offsets, bearing progeny as offshoots (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 October 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 December 2009
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 December 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
