Sphaerococcus tuberculosus Hampe ex Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Sphaerococcus tuberculosus Hampe ex Kützing 1849: 733
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gracilaria tuberculosa (Hampe ex Kützing) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad littora Peruviana (in coll. Hampeana)."; (Kützing 1849: 773)
Created: 26 January 2015 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 January 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
