Dear Fellow Colleagues,
I have been wandering about the Gracilaria sp in Indonesia. Most of stakeholders say that the species that they have been cultivating is Gracilaria verrucosa. When I checked on the algae base, it did not mention Indonesia as one of the distributions. So I pressume that the species of Gracilaria that we have in Indonesia might not be Gracilaria verrucosa. Is there any expert who has been working with the species that might know the answer?
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Maya.
Very interesting topic indeed! There is a great opportunity to study the taxonomy of Gracilaria in the Indonesian archipelago.
Oh Boy! You are in need of a real taxonomy expert.
This species seems to be found in England, but look at the name.
Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss 1950: 195, nom. rejic.
So this name is not valid.
The new name is
Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham 1995
But still, this is found in England.
Do not have the papers handy but the taxonomy of the whole group had been modified.
Found the citation: Gurgel, C.F.D., Norris, J.N., Schmidt, W.E., Le, H.N. & Fredericq, S. (2018). Systematics of the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta) including new subfamilies, tribes, subgenera, and two new genera, Agarophyton gen. nov. and Crassa gen. nov. Phytotaxa 374(1): 1-23.
Good luck!
Hi Maya,
I would suggest contacting Dr. Prud'homme van Reine: Willem Prud'homme van Reine
Good luck.
Hi Maya and Tom,
Unfortunately Dr. Prud'homme van Reine passed away on 21 March 2020.
An obituory will be published later this year.
You may try to contact Dr. Stefano Draisma
best wishes, Bert
Thank you David Myslabodski Stefano Draisma
Bert W Hoeksema for your responses.Best wishes,
Maya.
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