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Taxon:
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Wettst. (1901)
- red algae
(alga)
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Entity:
Rhodoplantae (Subkingdom)
..Rhodophyta (Phylum) - red algae
....Cyanidiophytina (Subphylum)
....Eurhodophytina (Subphylum)
....Metarhodophytina (Subphylum)
....†Moniliporellaceae (Family)
....Rhodellophytina (Subphylum)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
R. Wettstein, 1901, nom. descript.
Original name
:
Wettstein, R. 1901,
Handb. Syst. Bot.
1
: 46, 182.
Etymology
Derived name
:
Rhodophyticola
(Genus)
Jung
et al.
2019
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [22 Apr 2026].
Attributes
Descriptive name (: nom. descript.) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Sect. 1, Art. 16.1(b) (>family)]
Ref:
G.W. Saunders & M.H. Hommersand, 2004.
Amer. J. Bot.
91
(10)
: 1503 ("descriptive name").
Types
Automatically typified subtaxon
:
Rhodophyceae
(Class)
Thuret (1855)
Variants
Equivalent rank
:
Rhodophyta
(Division)
Wettst. (1901)
Different rank
:
Rhodophyceae
(Class)
Thuret (1855)
Ref:
S.M. Adl et al., 2005
: 420.
[implicit]
Different rank
:
Rhodophyta
(Kingdom)
Wettst. (1901)
Different rank
:
Rhodophyta
(Infrakingdom)
Wettst. (1901)
Different rank
:
Rhodophyta
(Superphylum)
Wettst. (1901)
Synonyms
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Rhodobiota
(Kingdom)
Jeffrey, 1971
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Rhodophycophyta
(Division)
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Rhodophycota
(Division)
Typified name
:
Rhodymeniophyta
(Phylum)
Doweld (2001)
Ref:
G.W. Saunders & M.H. Hommersand, 2004
: 1503.
Vernacular name
:
Floridées
([unranked])
J.V.F. Lamouroux (1813)
Vernacular name
:
red algae
([unranked])
Vernacular name
:
Rhodophycophytes
([unranked])
M. Chadef. (1960)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
roodwieren
Ref:
R.C. van Caenegem et al. (eds.), 1979-1984
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
red algae
Ref:
T. Cavalier-Smith, 2022(2021)
: 488.
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