Nitophyllum decumbens var. fucicola J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Nitophyllum decumbens var. fucicola J.Agardh 1876: 459
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrosorium decumbens var. fucicola (J.Agardh) M.J.Wynne.
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. ad oras Novae Zelandiae Beggern! var. in stipite Fuci chondrophylli." [New Zealand]; (Agardh 1876: 459) Type: LD?;
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), with prostrate stems, the tips rising upwards (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 March 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
