Melanothamnus afaqhusainii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ceramiales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Ceramiales

Familia: Rhodomelaceae
Tribus: Streblocladieae
Genus: Melanothamnus
Species: Melanothamnus afaqhusainii

Name

Melanothamnus afaqhusainii M.Shameel 1999

• Type locality: Naugazaa Mazar, near Cape Monze, Karachi, Pakistan. Holotype: S. Afaq-Husain 127; 16.x.1985; KUH-SW.

• named for Syed Afaq-Husain, the collector and phycologist

References

• Shameel, M. 1999. Melanothamnus afaqhusainii, a new red alga from the coast of Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Botany 31: 211–214.: 211, figs 1, 2
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Melanothamnus afaqhusainii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 17 November 2017.