Zostera stipulacea Forsskål 1775

Publication Details
Zostera stipulacea Forsskål 1775: 158

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zostera is Zostera marina Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halophila stipulacea (Forsskål) Ascherson.

Source of Synonymy
Robertson, E.L. (1984). Seagrasses. In: The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Part 1. (Womersley, H.B.S. Eds), pp. 57-122. Adelaide: D.J. Woolman, Government Printer, South Australia.

Type Information
Type locality: Massaua [Eritrea]; (Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset 2015: 1035) Neotype: G. Schweinfurth no. 8; G; barcode G00408029 (Ferrer-Gallego & Boisset 2015: 1035) Notes: Isoneotype: P barcode P02089202.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 November 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 November 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 December 2024

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