Taxonavigation

Familia: Delesseriaceae
Subfamilia: Nitophylloideae
Tribus: Martensieae
Genus: Martensia
Species: Martensia elegans

Name

Martensia elegans K.Hering, 1841

• Type locality: Port Natal [Durban, South Africa].
• Lectotype: Ferdinand Krauss; (HBG selected by Papenfuss). Cystocarpic, in the lower left-hand corner on a paper cutout containing six plants carrying the number N. 272 (lower right , barcode BM 000774894). Isotypes: the five other plants on sheet N. 272 (barcode BM 000774894).

References

• Hering, K. 1841. Diagnoses algarum novarum a cl. Dre. Ferdinand Krauss in Africa Australi lectarum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History [Series 1] 8: 90–92.: 92
• Lin, S.-M., Hommersand, M.H., Fredericq, S. & de Clerck, O. 2009. Characterization of Martensia (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) based on a morphological and molecular study of the type species, M. elegans, and M. natalensis sp. nov. from South Africa. Journal of Phycology 45(3): 678–691, 8 figs.
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Martensia elegans. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 8 October 2017.

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