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ON THE IDENTITY OF IRIDAEA PUNICEA POSTELS & RUPRECHT (GIGARTINACEAE, RHODOPHYTA)
Author(s) -
Gabrielson Paul W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1222269
Subject(s) - synonym (taxonomy) , type (biology) , botany , biology , zoology , ecology , genus
Summary An examination of type material of Iridaea punicea Postels & Ruprecht revealed that the specimens belong in Turnerella mertensiana (Postels & Ruprecht) Schmitz. Type material of Iridophycus whidbeyanum Setchell & Gardner, currently considered a synonym of Iridaea punicea , appears to be conspecific with Iridaea sanguinea (Setchell & Gardner) Hollenberg & Abbott. In the northeast Pacific there appears to be only one red, foliose species of Iridaea, I. sanguinea , distributed from Kodiak Island, Alaska (Gulf of Alaska) to south‐central California (San Luis Obispo County).