Kuetzingia natalensis J.Agardh 1863
Current name:
Kentrophora natalensis (J.Agardh) S.M.Wilson & Kraft
KwaZulu-Natal; apex of plantOlivier De Clerck (odclerck@gmail.com)
Publication Details
Kuetzingia natalensis J.Agardh 1863: 1099
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kuetzingia is Kuetzingia canaliculata (Greville) Sonder.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kentrophora natalensis (J.Agardh) S.M.Wilson & Kraft.
Source of Synonymy
Henderson, R.J.F., Wilson, S.M. & Kraft, G.T. (2001). Kentrophora S.M. Wilson & Kraft, a new name for an algal genus in tribe Amansieae (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyceae). Austrobaileya 6: 175-176.
Type Information
Type locality: Port Natal (Durban), South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 503)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 September 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 September 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024