Stictosiphonia vaga (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847
Publication Details
Stictosiphonia vaga (Hooker f. & Harvey) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 484
Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1847). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...I. Part II. Botany of Fuegia, the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, etc. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 454-519. London: Reeve Brothers, King William Street, Strand.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Stictosiphonia is Stictosiphonia hookeri (Harvey) Harvey.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bostrychia vaga Hooker f. & Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Zuccarello, G.C. & West, J.A. (2006). Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Bostrychioideae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): subsuming Stictosiphonia and highlighting polyphyly in species of Bostrychia. Phycologia 45: 24-36.
Basionym
Bostrychia vaga Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Kerguelen Islands: Christmas Harbour; (INA 1996) Type (fide R.J.King & C.F.Puttock, 1989: 50): J.D. Hooker; K in BM; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
