Polysiphonia richardsonii W.J.Hooker ex Harvey 1833
Publication Details
Polysiphonia richardsonii W.J.Hooker ex Harvey 1833: 333 (as 'richardsoni')
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.
Request PDFType 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 Leptosiphonia fibrillosa (C.Agardh) Savoie & G.W.Saunders.
Source of Synonymy
Savoie, A.M. & Saunders, G.W. (2018 '2019'). A molecular assessment of species diversity and generic boundaries in the red algal tribes Polysiphonieae and Streblocladieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) in Canada. European Journal of Phycology 54(1): 1-25.
Type Information
Type locality: Colvend, Dumfries, Scotland; (Harvey 1833: 333) Type: BM-K; (Yoshida 1998: 1070) Notes: Dr. Richardson (INA).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2019
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024
