Polysiphonia byssoides (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville 1824

Publication Details
Polysiphonia byssoides (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville 1824: 309

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1824). Flora edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh, arranged according to the Linnean system, with a concise introduction to the natural orders of the class Cryptogamia, and illustrated plates. pp. i-lxxxi, 1-478. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London.

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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 Brongniartella byssoides (Goodenough & Woodward) F.Schmitz.

Basionym
Fucus byssoides Goodenough & Woodward

Type Information
Type locality: Christchurch, Hampshire ; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 302) Lectotype: ex herb. Goodenough; 1794; BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 302) Notes: Syntype localities: 'Sheppey Island, near Hastings, Weymouth, Exmouth and elsewhere' Goodenough & Woodward 1797: 229 (Parsons 1980: 274).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 July 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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