Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Polysiphonia upolensis
Rhodomelaceae
Polysiphonia upolensis Grunow , legitimate, scientific
Grunow, A. (1874), Algen der Fidschi-, Tonga- und Samoa-Inseln, gesammelt von Dr. E. Graeffe. Erste Folge: Phaeosporeae, Fucoideae und Florideae. Journal des Museums Godeffroy 3: 49 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: No type statement is found in Grunow (1874).
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: There appears to be some dispute as to authourship of this name cf. Grunow (1874:49), Hollenberg (1968:94) and Silva et al (1996:547). I am following Silva.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Maldives, Samoa, central and western Pacific Ocean.