Hypnea asiatica P.J.L.Geraldino, E.C.Yang & S.M.Boo 2009
Publication Details
Hypnea asiatica P.J.L.Geraldino, E.C.Yang & S.M.Boo 2009: 608, figs 1-3
Published in: Geraldino, P.J.L., Yang, E.C. Kim, M.-S. & Boo, S.-M. (2009). Systematics of Hypnea asiatica sp. nov. (Hypneaceae, Rhodophyta) based on morphology and nrDNA SSU, plastid rbcL, and mitochondrial cox1. Taxon 58(2): 606-616.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hypnea is Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Gampo, Gyeongju, Korea; (Geraldino, Yang, Kim & Boo 2009: 608)2 October 2005; intertidal; CNUK; C50012 (Geraldino, Yang, Kim & Boo 2009: 608)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Plants erect, subcartilaginous, red in color, up
to 18 cm high; main axes percurrent, terete, bearing
numerous lateral branches; lateral branches of up to five
orders in an alternate-spiral manner at the angle of about
90°; branchlets showing pronounced adaxial bending.
Lenticular thickenings present in the walls of periaxial and
cortical cells. Tetrasporangia formed in proximal swollen
sori of ultimate branchlets; mature tetrasporangia with
zonately arranged spores. Cystocarps and spermatangia
unknown. GenBank accession number nrDNA SSU =
EU240858; rbcL = EU240824; cox1 = EU240798.
Created: 08 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 February 2020
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 February 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024