Falkenbergiella caespitosa Pocock 1953
Current name:
Polysiphonia caespitosa (Pocock) Hollenberg
Polysiphonia caespitosa, lower intertidal with Hildenbrandia rubra, Ría de Muros, Galicia, Spain, 2011, Ignacio Bárbara"
Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Falkenbergiella caespitosa Pocock 1953: 41, figs 4, 7-9; pl. 9
Published in: Pocock, M.A. (1953). South African parasitic Florideae and their hosts. 1. Four members of the Rhodomelaceae which act as hosts for parasitic Florideae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 55: 34-47, 9 figs, pls 5-9.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Falkenbergiella is Falkenbergiella capensis Kylin.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polysiphonia caespitosa (Pocock) Hollenberg.
Type Information
Type locality: Muizenberg, False Bay, Cape Province, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 538)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), growing in patches or tufts, caespitose (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 June 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 June 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
