Polysiphonia tripinnata J.Agardh 1842

Publication Details
Polysiphonia tripinnata J.Agardh 1842: 142

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1842). Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, observationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum. pp. [i]-x, 1-164. Parisiis [Paris]: Apud Fortin, Masson et Cie.

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Publication date: 9 April 1842

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata tripinnata (Harvey) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: In mari Adriatico ad Tergestum (Trieste, Italy); (Agardh 1842: 142) Lectotype (tetrasporangial): Biasoletto; LD; sheet number 40938 of J. Agardh's herbarium (Diaz-Tapia et al. 2013: 152, fig. 1)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tripinnate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 March 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 November 2024

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