Rhizoclonium hookeri Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Rhizoclonium hookeri Kützing 1849: 383
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhizoclonium is Rhizoclonium juergensii (Mertens) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudorhizoclonium africanum (Kützing) Boedeker.
Source of Synonymy
Boedeker, C., Leliaert, F. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of the Cladophoraceae (Cladophorales, Ulvophyceae) with the resurrection of Acrocladus Nägeli and Willeella Børgesen, and the description of Lurbica gen. nov. and Pseudorhizoclonium gen. nov. Journal of Phycology 52(6): 905-928.
Type Information
Type locality: ad Kerguelensland; (INA 1996) Type: J.D. Hooker; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025
