Polysiphonia filipendula Harvey ex J.Agardh 1863
Publication Details
Polysiphonia filipendula Harvey ex J.Agardh 1863: 920
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Request PDFType 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 Herposiphonia filipendula (Harvey ex J.Agardh) Falkenberg ex De Toni.
Type Information
Lectotype locality: Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 497) Lectotype: LD, Herb. Agardh; 39142 (Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 193D) (Womersley 2003: 297) Notes: This type locality was first recorded by Harvey in Kützing (1864: 13). Isolectotype in MEL, 45810 (Womersley, 2003).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), hanging by a thread (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
