Microcolax botryocarpus (Hooker f. & Harvey) F.Schmitz 1897
Publication Details
Microcolax botryocarpus (Hooker f. & Harvey) F.Schmitz 1897: 458, fig. 257 e-g
Published in: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Microcolax.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Polysiphonia botryocarpa Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Auckland Islands; (Papenfuss 1964: 61)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), literally, grape-like fruit (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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Nomenclatural note
Record under syn.: Polysiphonia botryocarpa J.D. Hooker & Harvey in Harvey & J.D. Hooker, 1845, p. 181, pl. 70, pro parte (Papenfuus, 1964: 61). This species is not cited as the basionym in INA. Microcolax botryocarpa Schmitz in Engler & Prantl (1897: 458) cited in INA. M. botryocarpa (J.D. Hooker & Harvey) F. Schmitz & Falkenberg (Preuss & Zucarello, 2014: 280). - (23 January 2015) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
parasitic on Streblocladia glomerulata (Montagne) Papenfuss (Preuss & Zucarello, 2014:280, citing Nelson 2012); parasitic on , Antarcric Ocean (INA). - (23 January 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025