Tripodiscus gigas (Greville) Kuntze 1898

Publication Details
Tripodiscus gigas (Greville) Kuntze 1898: 433

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 3(3) pp. 1-576. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 28 September 1898

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Tripodiscus is Tripodiscus argus Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aulacodiscus gigas Greville.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum. pp. Website. Berkeley: University of California.

Basionym
Aulacodiscus gigas Greville

Type Information
Type locality: "Barbadoes deposit, Cambridge estate; C. Johnson, Esq."; (Greville 1865: 26) Notes: Typus: BM?

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), A giant (Stearn 1983).

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2025

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 July 2025

 
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