Nitophyllum decumbens J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Nitophyllum decumbens J.Agardh 1876: 458
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.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
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 decumbens (J.Agardh) Kylin.
Source of Synonymy
Kylin, H. (1929). Die Delesseriaceen Neu-seelands. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 2 25(2): 15, 12 pls.
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), with prostrate stems, the tips rising upwards (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 March 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
