Brassicophycus brassiciformis (Kützing) Draisma, Ballesteros, F.Rousseau & T.Thibaut 2010
Current name:
Brassicophycus sisymbrioides (Kützing) Molinari & Guiry
Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa; plants at low water - 07 October 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
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.
Request PDFType 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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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 22 November 2024
