Bifurcaria brassiciformis (Kützing) E.S.Barton 1893
Current name:
Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock; 10.5 mm lens; Cape of Good Hope in background - 21 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Bifurcaria brassiciformis (Kützing) E.S.Barton 1893: 82
Published in: Barton, E.S. (1893). A provisional list of the marine algae of the Cape of Good Hope. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 31: 53-56, 81-84, 110-114, 138-144, 171-177, 202-210.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Bifurcaria is Bifurcaria tuberculata Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry.
Basionym
Pycnophycus brassiciformis Kützing
Type Information
Type locality: "Caput bonae spei: Wenck" [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Kützing 1860: 9)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 April 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
