Ptilota densa

Ptilota densa

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ceramiaceae
Subfamilia: Callithamnioideae
Tribus: Ptiloteae
Genus: Ptilota
Species: Ptilota densa

Name

Ptilota densa C.Agardh, 1822

• Lectotype: LD Ag. no. 20101 (Bruce & Saunders 2016 '2017': 40). Notes: Although listed as being from the Cape of Good Hope, the type is more like to have been collected from the Monterey Peninsula, California.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Neoptilota densa (C.Agardh) Kylin ex I.A.Abbott & Hollenberg, 1976
• Heterotypic
  • Ptilota californica Ruprecht ex Harvey, 1853
  • Neoptilota californica (Ruprecht ex Harvey) Kylin, 1956

References

• Agardh, C.A. 1822. Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. 1(2): [v–vi], 169–398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana. BHL Reference page. : 387
• Bruce, M.G. & Saunders, G.W. 2016. A molecular-assisted investigation of diversity, biogeography and phylogenetic relationships for species of Neoptilota and Ptilota (Wrangeliaceae, Rhodophyta) reported along Canadian coasts. Phycologia 56(1): 36–53. DOI: 10.2216/15-141.1
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Ptilota densa. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 18 September 2017.

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