Bibliographic Detail
Wynne, M.J., Bradshaw, T. & Carrington, C.M.S., 2014
Reference:
Wynne, M.J., Bradshaw, T. & Carrington, C.M.S. (2014). A checklist of the benthic marine algae of Barbados, West Indies. Botanica Marina 57(3): 167-184.
Notes:
An updated checklist of the benthic marine
algae (seaweeds) of Barbados, Lesser Antilles, is presented,
with a total of 308 taxa, consisting of 168 taxa of
red algae (Rhodophyta), 49 taxa of brown algae (Ochrophyta),
and 91 taxa of green algae (Chlorophyta). Current
nomenclature is provided. Obsolete names and taxonomic
synonyms are indicated in brackets. The classification is
based on contemporary systems increasingly derived
from the results of molecular phylogenies. The following
eight taxa are newly reported for Barbados: Polysiphonia
foetidissima, Hypnea valentiae, Gracilaria cylindrica,
Gracilaria intermedia, Sargassum buxifolium, Cladophora
laetevirens, Avrainvillea mazei, and Avrainvillea nigricans
f. spongiosa.
