Melanothamnus ferulaceus (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs 2017

Publication Details
Melanothamnus ferulaceus (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs 2017: 7

Published in: Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Publication date: February 2017

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanothamnus is Melanothamnus somalensis Bornet & Falkenberg.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr ex J.Agardh

Type Information
Syntype localities: "in rupibus maritimis infra limitem maris atlantici ad oras Mexici (Liebmann!) et Americae septentrionalis (Harvey!), ad insulam Guadeloupe (Duchassaing!); in oceano australi ad littora Novae Hollandiae! nec non ad Insulas Noukahiva (Jardin!) et Sandvich (Hb. Agardh)" [on the rocks below the sea at the coast; Atlantic Mexico; North America; Guadeloupe, West Indies; Hawaiian Islands; Marquesas Islands; Australia]; (Agardh 1863: 980) Notes: Lectotypification required from material at LD (Huisman 2018: 542).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the giant fennel (genus Ferula) (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 March 2017 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 09 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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