Nitophyllum acrospermum J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Nitophyllum acrospermum J.Agardh 1852: 655

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nitophyllum is Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Acrosorium acrospermum (J.Agardh) Kylin.

Source of Synonymy
Kylin, H. (1938). Verzeichnis einiger Rhodophyceen von Südafrika. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift, N.F., Avd. 2, 34(8): 1-26, 10 figs, 8 pls.

Type Information
Type locality: "in mari Capensi" (South Africa); (Silva & al. 1996: 445)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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