Phycodrina elegans

Phycodrina elegans (as Phycodrys pulchra)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Delesseriaceae
Subfamilia: Delesserioideae
Tribus: Delesserieae
Genus: Phycodrina
Species: Phycodrina elegans

Name

Phycodrina elegans (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) M.J.Wynne, 1985

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Phycodrys elegans Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1937
    • Type locality: Chatham Island, Galapagos.
    • Holotype: Albert Stewart #2327, 1905-02-23, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci #236493.
• Heterotypic
  • Phycodrys pulchra W.R.Taylor, 1945
    • Type locality: Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
    • Holotype: W.R. Taylor #34-382B; 1934-01-29; Hancock Foundation. (cystocarpic and tetrasporic).

References

• Wynne, M.J. 1985. Taxonomic delineation of Phycodrina (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta), a new genus endemic to the Galápagos. Systematic Botany 10(1): 73–80. DOI: 10.2307/2418436 . Reference page. : 79
• Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. 1937. The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 31: A preliminary report on the algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4 22: 65–98, 1 fig, plates 3–25. BHL Reference page. : 92, pl. 24: fig. 47
• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. Online BHL Hathitrust Reference page. : 279, pl. 91: figs 1, 2
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. Phycodrina elegans. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-12-05.

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