Peyssonnelia coccinea J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Peyssonnelia coccinea J.Agardh 1876: 385

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Peyssonnelia is Peyssonnelia squamaria (S.G.Gmelin) Decaisne ex J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sonderopelta capensis (Montagne) Krayesky.

Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 210) Type: Herb. Agardh, LD; 27650 (Womersley & Sinkora 1981: 87) Notes: Type locality: probably near Bunbury, Western Australia (Womersley & Sinkora (1981: 87).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deep red, from scarlet to carmine and crimson (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 March 2000 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 December 2012

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 December 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

 
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