University Herbarium, UC Berkeley: Indian Ocean Catalogue

IOC entry for Gelidium rigidum var. radicans

The following taxon apparently lies within the circumscription of Gelidiella acerosa but has not yet been transferred or reduced to synonymy:

* Gelidium rigidum (C. Agardh) Greville var. radicans (Bory de Saint-Vincent) J. Agardh

Sphaerococcus radicans Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1834: 165 (type locality: Mauritius).—Montagne, 1842c: 47–48, pl. III: fig. 4a.— Kützing, 1849: 773–774.— G. Martens, 1868: 94–95.

Gracilaria radicans (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Montagne, 1846a: 103.

Gelidium radicans (Bory de Saint-Vincent) Kützing, 1849: 767.

Gelidium rigidum (C. Agardh) Greville var. radicans (Bory de Saint-Vincent) J. Agardh, 1851 [1851–1863]: 469.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: India, Mauritius, Sri Lanka.