Polysiphonia moritziana Sonder ex Kützing 1849
Current name:
Bostrychia moritziana (Sonder ex Kützing) J.Agardh
Panama. Holdfast forming from first branchlet on major branchDiane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)
Publication Details
Polysiphonia moritziana Sonder ex Kützing 1849: 838 (as 'P. (?) Moritziana Sonder')
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bostrychia moritziana (Sonder ex Kützing) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Ad Antillas: Moritz; Cayenne: Leprieur. Spec. dederunt cll. Sonder ey Lenormand (No. 255)." [Antilles, West Indies; Cayenne, French Guiana]; (Kützing 1849: 838) Notes: According to Womersley (2003: 366), the type material (Polysiphonia? moritziana Sonder ex Kützing 1849: 838) is from Venezuela, St Lucia and French Guiana: lectotype from Cumana, Venezuela (Moritz 142), in MEL 672271. However, Venezuela is not mentioned in the protologue, and the type is more likely to be the Leprieur specimen from the Antilles in L. Womersley's selection of a Venezuelan lectotype specimen in MEL is strange.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024
