Polysiphonia bipinnata Postels & Ruprecht 1840

Current name: Savoiea bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) M.J.Wynne
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Polysiphonia bipinnata Postels & Ruprecht 1840: 22

Published in: Postels, A. & Ruprecht, F. (1840). Illustrationes algarum in itinere circum orbem jussu imperatoris Nicolai I. Atque auspiciis navarchi Friderici Lütke annis 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 celoce Seniavin exsecuto in Oceano pacifico, inprimis septemtrionale ad littora rossica asiatico-americana collectarum. pp. [i-vi ], [i]- iv, 1-28 [1-2, index], [Latin:] [-iv], [1]-22, [1-2, index], 40 pls. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Typis Eduardi Pratz.

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Publication date: Nov-Dec 1840 [TL-2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Savoiea bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2018). The status of Polyostea Ruprecht (1850) and the proposal of Savoiea gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 69: 1-4.

Type Information
Type locality: Kamchatka, Russia; Type: LE; (Yoshida 1998: 1075) Notes: Russia: "in saxis ad littora Kamtschatica" (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twice-pinnate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025