Caulerpa racemosa var. lamourouxii (Turner) Weber Bosse 1898

Current name: Caulerpa lamourouxii (Turner) C.Agardh
Barrow Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Caulerpa racemosa var. lamourouxii (Turner) Weber Bosse 1898: 369, pl. XXXII [32]: figs 1-4

Published in: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1898). Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15(2): 243-401, plates 20-34.

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Publication date: 1898

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caulerpa lamourouxii (Turner) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Belton, G.S., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F., Huisman, J.M., Draisma, S.G.A. & Gurgel, C.F.D. (2014). Resolving phenotypic plasticity and species designation in the morphology challenging Caulerpa racemosa-peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 50(1): 32-54.

Basionym
Fucus lamourouxii Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Red Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 836) Type: BM; BM000569449 (Belton et al. 2014: 46)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with flowers borne in racemes.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 March 2022

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Taxonomic notes
Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi (2014: 222) comment "Taking into consideration that from the molecular analysis it resulted that some specimens collected at different localities of Indo-Pacific region and identified as C. racemosa var. lamourouxii belonged to C. lamourouxii, while some others to C. oligophylla Montagne (Belton et al., 2014), it isn't possible, in absence of molecular data, to give a certain identification to Mediterranean specimens attributed to that variety." Fucus lamourouxii Turner was described from the Red Sea. Caulerpa oligophylla Montagne was described from Australia (Torres Strait: Toud Island [Warrior Islet]). - (10 July 2015) - M.D. Guiry
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Caulerpa fergusonii has been misapplied to this species by various authors. Please see original reference for full details. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025