Meristotheca natalensis J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Meristotheca natalensis J.Agardh 1876: 583
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 Meristotheca is Meristotheca papulosa (Montagne) J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cryptonemia natalensis (J.Agardh) Chiang.
Source of Synonymy
Chiang, Y.M. (1970). Morphological studies of red algae of the family Cryptonemiaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 58: [i]-vi , 1-95, incl. 10 pls, 34 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Port Natal (Durban), South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 191)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 31 May 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 25 July 2011
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024
