| Genus: |
Sphacelaria Lyngbye in Hornemann |
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Description: |
Original publication: Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: xxviii, 824; vol. 2: viii, 757, XXI plates (vol. 1). London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy.
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| Name History |
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1973). |
| References |
Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida. Womersley, H.B.S. (1987). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II. pp. 481, 169 figs, 1 table, 8 plates, 4 maps. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division. |
| Type information: |
Basionym
Conferva fusca Hudson Type information
Type locality: York, England (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 575). Type: TCD (Athanasiadis 1996: 198). Notes: According to Womersley (1987: 168), the type (Sphacelaria fusca (Hudson) Gray) is from Sidmouth, England (Griffiths): neotype in TCD. |
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