Dictyota bartayresiana var. divaricata J.Agardh 1848

Publication Details
Dictyota bartayresiana var. divaricata J.Agardh 1848: 94

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Dictyota is Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyota cervicornis Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
De Clerck, O. (2003). The genus Dictyota in the Indian Ocean. Opera Botanica Belgica 13: 1-205, 54 figs, 12 tables.

Type Information
Type locality: Vera Cruz, Mexico; (De Clerck 2003: 163) Lectotype: LD; 49170 (De Clerck 2003: 163) Notes: The name appeared first as a nomen in Liebmann (1846: 75). A description was later provided by J. Agardh. Study of the type material showed that D. bartayresiana var. divaricata is synonymous with D. cervicornis. LD 49170 was chosen as lectotype from a number of syntypes.

Created: 26 April 2005 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 October 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 October 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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