Wrangelia

Not to be confused with Wrangellia.

Wrangelia
Wrangelia penicillata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Wrangeliaceae
Genus: Wrangelia
C. Agardh, 1867
Type species
Wrangelia penicillata
J.Agardh, 1842
Species

See text

Synonyms

Bracebridgea J.Agardh, 1894 unaccepted
Haliacantha J.Agardh, 1899

Wrangelia is a genus of red algae in the family Wrangeliaceae.[1][2]

The genus was circumscribed by Carl Adolf Agardh in his book Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. in 1828.

The genus name of Wrangelia is in honour of Fredrik Anton von Wrangel (1786–1842),[3] who was a Danish-Swedish Chamberlain, and also a botanist and alga specialist.[4]

The type species, Wrangelia penicillata is also commonly called Pink bush alga. They form bushy plants, growing up to 20 cm (8 in) in height. They have small branches which travel outwards alternately from either side of the main branches in a single plane. They are light pink purple in colour. The species grows in shallow waters to moderate depths, while attached to nearly any hard substrate[5] Generally, the species has 5 whorl branchlets per segment and a cortex that partially or wholly covers their axes.[6]

  1. ^ Gordon, Elizabeth M (1972). "Comparative Morphology and Taxonomy of the Wrangelieae, Sphondylothamnieae, and Spermothamnieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)". Australian Journal of Botany. 2 (4): 1–180.
  2. ^ Dr W.H. Harvey The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume 22, (1855), p. 545, at Google Books
  3. ^ "Wrangel, Fredrik Anton | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. ^ Kluijver, M. De; Gijswijt, G.; de Leon, R.; da Cunda, I. "Pink bush alga - Wrangelia penicillata". species-identification.org. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Bucher was invoked but never defined (see the help page).