Rhizoclonium ambiguum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Rhizoclonium ambiguum (Hooker f. & Harvey) Kützing 1849: 387
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhizoclonium is Rhizoclonium juergensii (Mertens) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rama incompta (Hooker f. & Harvey) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello.
Source of Synonymy
Boedeker, C., Wynne, M.J. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2023). Hidden diversity in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere environments: Reinstatement of the genus Rama and description of Vandenhoekia gen. nov. (Cladophoraceae, Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta), two highly variable genera. Journal of Phycology 59: 1284–1298, 4 figs.
Basionym
Conferva ambigua Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Christmas Harbor, Kerguelen; (Silva & al. 1996: 785) Type: K at BM; sheet no. 638 (Ricker, 1987).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), doubtful, uncertain (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
