Gigartina polycarpa (Kützing) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1933
Current name:
Gigartina polycarpa (Kützing) Setchell & N.L.Gardner
Gigartina polycarpa, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Peninsula, South Africa - 18 November 2009. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Gigartina polycarpa (Kützing) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1933: 295
Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1933). A preliminary survey of Gigartina, with special reference to its Pacific North American species. University of California Publications in Botany 17: 255-339, Plates 46-65.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Mastocarpus polycarpus Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 292)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 August 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024