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| SourceID | 6362 | ||||||
| Name | Coppejans, E. & T. Beeckman (1989). Caulerpa section Sedoideae (Chlorophyta , Caulerpales) from the Kenyan coast. | ||||||
| Type | Publication | ||||||
| Abstract | The Caulerpa's with the spherical, clavata, turbinata or peltate branchlets collected by the authors along the Kenyan coast from 1985 to 1988 are described and illustrated. They include Caulerpa lentillifera as well as several 'varieties' of C. racemosus: var. clavifera, var. laetevirens, var lamourouxii, var occidentalis, var. peltata, var. turbinata. Their variability is discussed and an identification key is provided. | ||||||
| Distributions (8) | Kenya for Caulerpa lentillifera J.Agardh, 1837 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J.Agardh, 1873 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa var. clavifera (Turner) Weber-van Bosse, 1898 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa var. laetevirens (Montagne) Weber-van Bosse, 1898 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa var. lamourouxii (Turner) Weber-van Bosse, 1898 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa var. occidentalis (J.Agardh) Børgesen, 1907 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa var. peltata (J.V.Lamouroux) Eubank, 1944 Kenya for Caulerpa racemosa var. turbinata (J.Agardh) Eubank, 1946 | ||||||
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