RECOGNITION OF RHODOPHYLLIS-CENTROCARPA (MONTAGNE) COMB-NOV (CYSTOCLONIACEAE, RHODOPHYTA) FROM CHILE

Authors
WYNNE MJ
Citation
Mj. Wynne, RECOGNITION OF RHODOPHYLLIS-CENTROCARPA (MONTAGNE) COMB-NOV (CYSTOCLONIACEAE, RHODOPHYTA) FROM CHILE, Cryptogamie. Algologie, 14(2-3), 1993, pp. 145-152
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Cryptogamie. Algologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
01811568
Volume
14
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
145 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0181-1568(1993)14:2-3<145:ROR(C(>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
An alga from Corral, southern Chile, represented by an ample collectio n of cystocarpic and tetrasporic specimens, is identified as Rhodophyl lis centrocarpa (Montagne) comb. nov. [= Sphaerococcus (Rhodymenia) la ciniatus var. centrocarpus Montagne 1839; type locality, Valparaiso]. Rhodophyllis acanthocarpa (Harvey) J. Agardh, a species occurring in t he cold temperature waters of New Zealand and Macquarie Island, is mer ged with B. centrocarpa on the basis of similarity of vegetative and r eproductive structure,