Gymnogongrus leptophyllus J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Gymnogongrus leptophyllus J.Agardh 1876: 211

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gymnogongrus is Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Besa leptophylla (J.Agardh) M.S.Calderon & K.A.Miller.

Source of Synonymy
Calderon, M.S., Miller, K.A., Seo, T.H. & Boo, S.M. (2016). Transfer of selected Ahnfeltiopsis (Phyllophoraceae, Rhodophyta) species to the genus Besa and description of Schottera koreana sp. nov.. European Journal of Phycology 51(4): [1-13] 431-443, 53 figs, 2 tables.

Type Information
Type locality: Santa Cruz, California; (Silva 1979: 325) Type: C. L. Anderson; no date; Agardh Herbarium Lund, Sweden; (Dawson 1961: 251)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with slender leaves.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 August 2024

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Francisco F. Pedroche in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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