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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Typification of the marine siphonous green algae Caulerpa prolifera (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta)

Pedro Pablo Ferrer GallegoFernando Boisset

subject

biologyEcologyBryopsidalesPlant ScienceChlorophytaCaulerpa proliferabiology.organism_classificationCaulerpaceaeHerbariumAlgaeBotanyTypificationGreen algaeEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

The typification of the marine siphonous green algae Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V. Lamouroux (≡ Fucus prolifer Forsskål) (Caulerpaceae), including f. obovata (J. Agardh) Weber-van Bosse and f. zosterifolia Børgesen, is discussed. Original material conserved in the Natural History Museum of Denmark (Copenhagen) at C (Herbarium Forsskålii) and in the Botanical Museum of Lund University at LD are designated as the corresponding lectotypes.

https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.221.2.4