Polysiphonia fruticulosa (Wulfen) Sprengel 1827

Publication Details
Polysiphonia fruticulosa (Wulfen) Sprengel 1827: 350

Published in: Sprengel, K.[P.J.] (1827). Systema vegetabilium Editio decima sexta. Voluminis IV. Pars I. Classis 24. Vol. 4 pp. [i]-iv, [1]-592. Gottingae [Göttingen]: sumtibus Librariae Dieterichianae.

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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 Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

Basionym
Fucus fruticulosus Wulfen

Type Information
Type locality: Trieste [Tergestum], Adriatic; (Díaz-Tapia & al. 2017: table 3) Lectotype: Wulfen (1789, pl. 16, fig. 1) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 363)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), small and shrubby.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 December 2024

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