| Genus: |
Gloiosiphonia Carmichael in Berkeley |
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Description: |
Description - Firm but mucilaginous
- Arises from a crustose base
- Branches irregularly alternate, with a shorter opposite branch
- Branches narrow gradually at both ends
- Ultimate branches noticeably banded
- Monoecious, forming sunken but swollen cystocarps
Original publication: Berkeley, M.J. (1833). Gleanings of British algae; being an appendix to the supplement to English Botany. pp. 33-50 + [4], Plates 13-20. London: C.E. Sowerby.
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| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), capillary, hair-like, thread-like |
| References |
Loiseaux-de Goër, S. & Noailles, M.-C. (2008). Algues de Roscoff. pp. [1]-215, col. figs. Roscoff: Editions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. Xia, B.M., Tseng, C.K. & Yang, Y.-Q. (2004). Studies on Chinese species of Gelidiella and Pterocladiella (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) . Hydrobiologia 512: 201-207. Yin, M.Y., Hu, X.Y. & Tseng, C.K. (2007). Filament formation and differentiation in seven species of red algae. Botanica Marina 50(2): 113-118. |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Fucus capillaris Hudson Type locality: England Type: Apparently lost |
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