Lophosiphonia 
obscura (C.Agardh) Falkenberg

Lophosiphonia 
obscura (C.Agardh) Falkenberg

Lophosiphonia obscura
(C.Agardh) Falkenberg

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Species Details

Class: Florideophyceae
Genus: Lophosiphonia Falkenberg in F.Schmitz & Falkenberg
Species: Lophosiphonia obscura
Authority: (C.Agardh) Falkenberg
Description:

Original publication: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
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Name History Adjective (Latin), dark, shady, indisctinct (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. (2003). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia - Part IIID Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae, Sarcomeniaceae, Rhodomelaceae. pp. 533. Canberra & Adelaide: Australian Biological Resources Study & State Herbarium of South Australia.



Habitat: Marine species
Type information:

Basionym
Hutchinsia obscura C.Agardh

Type information
Type locality: Cádiz, Spain (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 525). Type: LD, Herb. Agardh (Womersley 2003: 335).

Specimens
( 1 record(s) available )
Type Number Species Date Coastal Station

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2843 Lophosiphonia obscura (C.Agardh) Falkenberg 1879-06-12 Santa Cruz, Madeira


Bibliography

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   Lophosiphonia in Australia
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