Polysiphonia violacea f. fibrillosa (C.Agardh) Rosenvinge 1924

Publication Details
Polysiphonia violacea f. fibrillosa (C.Agardh) Rosenvinge 1924: 422

Published in: Rosenvinge, L.K. (1924). The marine algae of Denmark. Contributions to their natural history. Part III. Rhodophyceae III. (Ceramiales). Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 7. Række, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling 7: 285-487, figs 202-453, pls V-VII, 2 maps.

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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 Leptosiphonia fibrillosa (Agardh) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.

Basionym
Hutchinsia fibrillosa C.Agardh

Type Information
see Conferva fibrillosa Dillwyn 1809;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), violet, refers to the blue-red colours nearer blue (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 14 March 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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