University Herbarium, UC Berkeley: Indian Ocean Catalogue

IOC entry for Stypocaulon funiculare

Stypocaulon Kützing

Note: Stypocaulon Kützing (1843b: 293) was merged with Halopteris (Kützing, op.cit.: 292) by Sauvageau (1904 [1903–1914]: 349, 437), but Prud'homme van Reine (1991) found characters to separate the two genera.

Stypocaulon funiculare (Montagne) Kützing

Sphacelaria funicularis Montagne, 1842a: 13 (type locality: Auckland Islands).

Stypocaulon funiculare (Montagne) Kützing, 1849: 467.

Halopteris funicularis (Montagne) Sauvageau, 1904: 94.—Sauvageau, 1904 [1903–1914]: 393–403, fig. 80.— Papenfuss, 1956a: 66–69.

Misapplied names (fide Papenfuss, 1956a: 66–69):

Anisocladus congestus.—Reinke, 1890: 213.— Reinke, 1891: 32–33, pl. XII (South African records).

Sphacelaria paniculata.—Krauss, 1846: 213.— J. Agardh, 1848b: 36 (South African records).— Areschoug, 1851: 19–20.

Stypocaulon paniculatum.—Hohenacker, 1854 [1852–1862]: no. 154.— Barton, 1893: 111.— De Toni, 1895b: 516–517 (South African records).— Delf & Michell, 1921: 97.

Stypocaulon scoparium.—Barton, 1893: 111.— De Toni, 1895b: 518–519 (South African records).— Delf & Michell, 1921: 97.

INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: South Africa.