| Genus: |
Brongniartella Bory de Saint-Vincent |
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Authority: |
(Goodenough & Woodward) F.Schmitz |
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Description: |
Soft, tufted, deep purplish red fronds, to 300 mm long. Main axis well-defined, bi- or tripinnate, bearing alternate, distichous branches. Branches and branchlets articulated, with central siphon and 5-7 pericentral siphons, clothed with short, slender, repeatedly dichotomously branched, monosiphonous ramuli. |
| Biogeography |
NE Atlantic (Scandinavia to Portugal, North Sea, E Baltic Sea), Mediterranean Sea. |
| Uses and compounds |
Great antioxidant potential; strong cytotoxicity against human cancer cell lines (Zubia et al. 2009). |
| 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. Maggs, C.A. & Hommersand, M.H. (1993). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1. Rhodophyta. Part 3A. Ceramiales. pp. xv + 444, 129 figs, map. London: HMSO. Parsons, M.J. (1980). The morphology and taxonomy of Brongniartella Bory sensu Kylin (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 19: 273-295, 63 figs, 1 table. |
| Habitat: |
On stones and shells and epiphytic, lower intertidal and subtidal, spring and summer, generally distributed, common (local in Scotland). |
| Type information: |
Basionym: Fucus byssoides Goodenough & Woodward Type locality: Christchurch, Hampshire (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 302). Lectotype: ex herb. Goodenough; 1794; BM-K (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 302). Notes: Syntype localities: 'Sheppey Island, near Hastings, Weymouth, Exmouth and elsewhere' Goodenough & Woodward 1797: 229 (Parsons 1980: 274). |
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