Ptilophora spissa (Suhr) Kützing 1847
Publication Details
Ptilophora spissa (Suhr) Kützing 1847: 25
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1847). Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zu neuen oder kritischen Algen. Botanische Zeitung 5: 1-5, 22-25, 33-38, 52-55, 164-167, 177-180, 193-198, 219-223.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ptilophora.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Phyllophora spissa Suhr
Type Information
Type locality: "Cap, von Drège [South Africa (between the Umzimkulu and Umkomaas rivers, Natal)]; (Suhr 1840: 262) Notes: This type locality was first noted by Papenfuss (1940: 214) (Silva et al., 1996). According to Tronchin et al. (2003: 88), the type specimen, collected over a century ago in the southern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, may be an aberrant form of another species from the same locality.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 July 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
