University Herbarium, UC Berkeley: Indian Ocean Catalogue

IOC entry for Sphaerococcus australis var. constrictus

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

* Sphaerococcus australis (Sonder) Kützing var. constrictus Kützing

Sphaerococcus australis (Sonder) Kützing var. constrictus Kützing, 1849: 784 (type locality: Western Australia).

Misapplied name (fide Kützing, l.c.):

Rhodymenia australis var. constricta.—Sonder, 1845: 56.— Sonder, 1848 [1846–1848]: 191.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

Note: When transferring Rhodymenia australis Sonder var. constricta (Turner) Sonder to Sphaerococcus, Kützing excluded Fucus constrictus Turner as a synonym but, confusingly, retained the varietal epithet.


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