Amphibia radicans (Montagne) Kuntze 1891

Publication Details
Amphibia radicans (Montagne) Kuntze 1891: 882

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 5 November 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.

Source of Synonymy
Montagne, C. (1842). Bostrychia. Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle [Orbigny] 2: 660-661.

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 1983).

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 14 June 2025

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