Fucodium chondrophyllum (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1848
Current name:
Xiphophora chondrophylla (R.Brown ex Turner) Montagne ex Harvey
Xiphophora chondrophylla, Fortesque Bay, Tasmania - 03 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucodium chondrophyllum (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1848: 203
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Fucodium is Fucodium nodosum (Linnaeus) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Xiphophora chondrophylla (R.Brown ex Turner) Montagne ex Harvey.
Basionym
Fucus chondrophyllus R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "At Port Dalrymple, on the coast of NewHolland. Mr. Brown" [Tasmania]; (Turner 1811-1819: pl. 222) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 345)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024