Liagora perennis I.A.Abbott 1995

Current name: Macrocarpus perennis (I.A.Abbott) Showe M.Lin, S.-Y.Yang & Huisman
Hawaii; scale is 5 mm - 01 July 2011. J.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Liagora perennis I.A.Abbott 1995: 343

Published in: Abbott, I.A. (1995). A new "tetrasporangial" species of Liagora (Rhodophyta, Nemaliales) from Hawaii. Chinese Journal of Limnology and Oceanography 13: 343-347, 5 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Liagora is Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Macrocarpus perennis (I.A.Abbott) Showe M.Lin, S.-Y.Yang & Huisman.

Source of Synonymy
Lin, S.-M., Yang, S.-Y. & Huisman, J.M. (2011). Systematics of Liagora with diffuse gonimoblasts based on rbcL sequences and carposporophyte development, including the description of the new genera Neoizziella and Macrocarpus (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta). European Journal of Phycology 46(3): 249-262.

Type Information
Holotype locality: Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands; (Abbott & Huisman 2003: 600) Holotype: K. McDermid; 18 August 1983; Shallow subtidal; BISH; 634740 (Abbott & Huisman 2003: 600) Notes: Herbarium: IA 16334 (BISH 634740).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), perennial.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 November 2011

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Distributional note
Hawaiian endemic (Abbott, 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025