Kappaphycus striatus (F.Schmitz) L.M.Liao 1996

Publication Details
Kappaphycus striatus (F.Schmitz) L.M.Liao 1996: 158 (as 'striatum')

Published in: Liao, L.M. (1996). Validation of names transferred to Kappaphycus Doty from Eucheuma J. Agardh (Rhodophyta: Solieriaceae). The Philippine Journal of Science 125(2): 158-160, no figs.

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Publication date: "April-June 1996"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kappaphycus is Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L.M.Liao.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Eucheuma striatum F.Schmitz

Type Information
Type locality: Zanzibar, Tanzania; (Silva & al. 1996: 334) Holotype: Dr. Stuhlmann; Hamburg; (Doty 1988: 173, 177) Notes: Doty (1988: 173, 177) notes that at Leiden there is an isotype received (Weber-van Bosse 1926) from H. Winkler of the Hamburg Herbarium and that there is a tiny isotype, an exsicattum, in the British Museum.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), striped or fluted.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 July 2022

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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