Spongodendron dichotomum Zanardini 1878

Publication Details
Spongodendron dichotomum Zanardini 1878: 38

Published in: Zanardini, G. (1878). Phyceae papuanae novae vel minus cognitae a cl. O. Beccari in itinere ad Novam Guineam annis 1872-75 collectae. Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 10: 34-40, no figs.

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophoropsis vaucheriiformis (Areschoug) Papenfuss.

Source of Synonymy
Leliaert, F. & Coppejans, E. (2006). A revision of Cladophoropsis Børgesen (Siphonocladales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 45: 657-679.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Sorong, W Irian Jaya, Indonesia; (Leliaert & Coppejans 2006: 668) Lectotype: O. Beccari; May 1872; BM; (Leliaert & Coppejans 2006: 668) Notes: According to Leliaert & Coppejans (2006: 668), no type locality was indicated in the original prologue ('ubi praecedens'). The single specimen (marked as type in BM) and labelled in Beccari's hand 'Nova-Guinea, Sorong (non Ins. Aru) v. 1872' is indicated as lectotype by them. They note that the Beccari collections are normally housed in FI, but the type of S. dichotomum was sent to Murray & Boodle (BM) by Beccari (Murray & Boodle 1888: 169) and apparently never sent back (Sartoni & Nepi, pers. comm.).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1983).

Created: 08 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 December 2007

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2007. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 December 2024

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