Acrocarpia robusta Womersley 1964

Publication Details
Acrocarpia robusta Womersley 1964: 99, figs. 43, 44; pl. 15: fig. 1

Published in: Womersley, H.B.S. (1964). The morphology and taxonomy of Cystophora and related genera (Phaeophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 12: 53-110, 48 figs, 16 plates.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Acrocarpia is Acrocarpia paniculata (Turner) Areschoug.

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

Basionym
Cystoseira robusta J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Israelite Bay, Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 642) Type: Brooke; Herb. Agardh, LD; 00708 (Womersley 1987: 364)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), strong growing, strong-growing, or stout (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 May 2024

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