Neosiphonia ferulacea (Suhr ex J.Agardh) S.M.Guimarães & M.T.Fujii 2004
Current name:
Melanothamnus ferulaceus (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs
recolectada en la zona Sur del Macizo Guamuhaya, en el mesolitoral rocoso. Detalle de ramas y cistocarpos. Foto: Ángel Moreira.
Publication Details
Neosiphonia ferulacea (Suhr ex J.Agardh) S.M.Guimarães & M.T.Fujii 2004: 165
Published in: Guimarães, S.M.P. de B., Fujii, M.T., Pupo, M.T. & Yokoya, N.S. (2004). Reavaliação das características morfológicas e suas implicações taxonômicas no gênero Polysiphonia sensu lato (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) do litoral dos Estados de São Paulo e Espírito Santo, Brasil. [An assessment of the morphological characteristics and its taxonomical implications in the genus Polysiphonia sensu lato (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the littoral of São Paulo]. Revista Brasileira de Botânica 27: 163-183.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Neosiphonia is Neosiphonia flavimarina M.-S.Kim & I.K.Lee.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus ferulaceus (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.
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.
Basionym
Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr ex J.Agardh
Type Information
Syntype localities: "in rupibus maritimis infra limitem maris atlantici ad oras Mexici (Liebmann!) et Americae septentrionalis (Harvey!), ad insulam Guadeloupe (Duchassaing!); in oceano australi ad littora Novae Hollandiae! nec non ad Insulas Noukahiva (Jardin!) et Sandvich (Hb. Agardh)" [on the rocks below the sea at the coast; Atlantic Mexico; North America; Guadeloupe, West Indies; Hawaiian Islands; Marquesas Islands; Australia]; (Agardh 1863: 980) Notes: Lectotypification required from material at LD (Huisman 2018: 542).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the giant fennel (genus Ferula) (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 February 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
