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MORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES IN A NEW SPECIES OF ACROSYMPHYTON (RHODOPHYCEAE)
Author(s) -
Abbott Isabella A.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1962.tb15018.x
Subject(s) - biology , herbarium , thallus , genus , botany , algae , red algae , zoology , ecology
A bbott , I sabella A. (Hopkins Marine Sta. of Stanford U., Pacific Grove, Calif.) Morphological studies in a new species of Acrosymphyton (Rhodophyceae). Amer. Jour. Bot. 49(8): 845–849. Illus. 1962.— Acrosymphyton taylori sp. nov. (Dumontiaceae, Cryptonemiales, Rhodophyceae) is shown to have a sexual cycle essentially similar to that of the 2 other species in the genus, but differs in some details of the sexual structures and the vegetative structure. Acrosymphyton taylori , from the Hawaiian Islands, is the only member of the genus from the Pacific. Acrosymphyton is only one of several genera of red algae possessing soft, gelatinous, uniaxial thalli. A study of specimens from various herbaria showed that specimens of Dudresnaya and Calosiphonia have been confused with Acrosymphyton.