Liagora divaricata C.K.Tseng 1941
Current name:
Neoizziella divaricata (C.K.Tseng) Showe M.Lin, S.-Y.Yang & Huisman
KwaZulu-NatalHeroen Verbruggen (heroen.verbruggen@gmail.com)
Publication Details
Liagora divaricata C.K.Tseng 1941: 268, figs 2-4
Published in: Tseng, C.K. (1941). Studies on the Chinese species of Liagora. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Botany 10: 265-282, 10 figs.
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 Neoizziella divaricata (C.K.Tseng) 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
Type locality: Tsinglan-Lang (Qinglan-Gang), Hainan, China; (Silva & al. 1996: 125) Holotype: C.K. Tseng 777; 7 Apr. 1934; QD; (Huisman 2006: 62) Notes: Abbott & Huisman (2003: 602) give the following data: Holotype locality and specimen: China, Hainan Province, Tsinglan-Kang (Qinglan-Gang); presumably in AST [Herbarium of Academia Sinica, Tsingtao (Qingdao). Hainan Island , southern China (Lin et al. 2011).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), divaricate, spreading at a wide angle (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Habitat
Epilithic or epiphytic in the intertidal and shallow subtidal (Huisman 2006: 65).
Created: 29 July 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 November 2011
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Habitat note
from the intertidal down to 6-m depths; epilithic or epiphytic (Huisman, 2002). - (06 August 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 02 April 2025
