Griffithsia globifera (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Griffithsia globifera (Harvey) J.Agardh 1876: 67

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Griffithsia globulifera Harvey ex Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Basionym
Griffithsia corallina var. globifera Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Greenport, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.; (Harvey 1853: 228) Type: TCD?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), globe-carrying, with a spherical organ (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 December 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 October 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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