Bifida divaricata Stackhouse 1809

Publication Details
Bifida divaricata Stackhouse 1809: 97

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Bifida.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (J.V.Lamouroux) P.C.Silva.

Type Information
Type locality: Hampshire, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 199) Notes: "In accord with ICN Art. 7.4, the nomenclatural type of F. bifidus Hudson is also the nomenclatural type of the replacement name Bifida divaricata Stackhouse (Stackhouse 1809: 97) and its subsequent combination Rhodophyllis divaricata (Stackhouse) Papenfuss (Papenfuss 1950: 190)." (Woelkerling & al. 2020: 10). Neotype of Fucus bifidus Hudson): Turner (1809: pl. 73, fig. g).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), divaricate, spreading at a wide angle (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 September 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024

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