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TAXONOMY OF THE FLATTENED SOLIERIACEAE (RHODOPHYTA) IN BRAZIL: AGARDHIELLA AND MERISTIELLA 1
Author(s) -
Guimarães Silvia M. P. B.,
Oliveira Eurico C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00656.x
Subject(s) - biology , taxonomy (biology) , botany , zoology
Taxonomic studies of an extensive collection of flattened members of the Solieriaceae considered by many authors to be species of Agardhiella, Eucheuma, Meristotheca , and Meristiella lead us to conclude that they represent only two genera in Brazil: Agardhiella , including A. ramosissima (Harvey) Kylin and A. floridana (Kylin) Gabrielson ex Guimarães et Oliveira, and Meristiella , with only one species, M. gelidium (J. Agardh) Cheney et Gabrielson. Accordingly, we propose that 1) Meristotheca gigartinoides Joly et Ugadim be synonymized with Agardhiella floridana , and 2) Meristiella echinocarpa (Areschoug) Cheney et Gabrielson and M. schrammii (P. et H. Crouan) Cheney et Gabrielson be synonymized with Meristiella gelidium .