Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen 1910

Publication Details
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Børgesen 1910: 201, figs 18-19

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1910). Some new or little known West Indian Florideae. II. Botanisk Tidsskrift 30: 177-207, 20 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acanthophora is Acanthophora thierryi J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus spiciferus Vahl

Type Information
Type locality: St Croix, Virgin Islands; (Vahl 1802: 44) Holotype: C; 1044 (Perrone et al 2006: 37) Notes: Herbarium: C? (Yoshida, 1998: 1006). According to de Jong et al. (1999: 138), the holotype (C 124/93 (nº 10)) is from Key West, Florida, but this appears to be an error (Huisman 2018: 482). The holotype consists of two dried specimens (a tetrasporophyte and a cystocarpic specimen).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 December 2024

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Usage note
Eaten in Tahiti (Payri, N’Yeurt & Orempuller, 2000). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Francisco F. Pedroche in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 March 2025

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