Brassicophycus brassiciformis (Kützing) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut 2010

Publication Details
Brassicophycus brassiciformis (Kützing) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut 2010: 1339, 1340

Published in: Draisma, S.G.A., Ballesteros, E., Rousseau, F. & Thibaut, T. (2010). DNA sequence data demonstrate the polyphyly of the genus Cystoseira and other Sargassaceae genera (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1329-1345.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Brassicophycus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2021). Nomenclatural notes on algae. V. New names for various algal taxa, mostly at the species rank. Notulae Algarum 184: 1-17.

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 2011 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2021

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Nomenclatural note
The original epithet, brassicaeformis, is corrected in accordance with Art. 60.1 and following Art. 60.10 with respect to the correct formation of adjectival epithets that combine elements derived from two or more Greek or Latin words. - (15 March 2021) - E.A. Molinari Novoa

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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 29 March 2025

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