Amphibia radicans (Montagne) Kuntze 1891
Current name:
Bostrychia radicans (Montagne) Montagne
Panama. Branch uncorticated; branchlets pseudodichotomously branchedDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Amphibia radicans (Montagne) Kuntze 1891: 882
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Pars II. pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milano, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. A. Schechert, Charles Klincksierck.
Publication date: 5 Nov 1891
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphibia is Amphibia scorpioides (Hudson) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bostrychia radicans (Montagne) Montagne.
Basionym
Rhodomela radicans Montagne
Type Information
Type locality: near Cayenne, French Guiana; (Montagne 1840: 198) Lectotype (designated by King and Puttock 1989): F.R. Leprieur 361; MEL; 672285A (King & Puttock 1989: 25) Notes: PC0046492 (Isolectotype). However, the PC specimen is more likely the holotype and the MEL specimen a duplicate and no lectotypification was necessary or desirable.
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), rooting, putting forth aerial roots (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 January 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024