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.]
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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]:
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[secondary reference]
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R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
[ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011]:
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[secondary reference]
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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.
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AMANI dist.:
Western Australia (Dampierian), Queensland (Great Barrier Reef). World: Maldives, Samoa, central and western Pacific Ocean.