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A re-assessment of the genus Izziella Doty (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta)
Huisman, J.M.; Schils, T. (2002). A re-assessment of the genus Izziella Doty (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta). Cryptogam., Algol. 23(3): 237-249
In: Cryptogamie. Algologie. ADAC: Paris. ISSN 0181-1568; e-ISSN 1776-0984
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Huisman, J.M.; Schils, T. (2003). A re-assessment of the genus Izziella Doty (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta), in: Schils, T. Mariene plantengemeenschappen in opwellingsgebieden van de Arabische Zee: een taxonomische, ecologische en biogeografische case study naar de mariene flora van de Socotra Archipel (Jemen) en het eiland Masirah (Oman) = Marine plant communities of upwelling areas within the Arabian Sea: a taxonomic, ecological and biogeographic case study on the marine flora of the Socotra archipelago (Yemen) and Masirah Island (Oman). pp. 77-88, more
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    Arabian sea; Ganonema; Indian ocean; Izziella; Liagora; Liagoraceae; marine red algae; Nemaliales; Rhodophyta

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  • Huisman, J.M.
  • Schils, T.

Abstract
    The genus Izziella Doty is reassessed based on an examination of a specimen of Liagora orientalis J. Agardh (the species into which Izziella abbottiae Doty has been subsumed) from the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen. This species shows marked differences from the type species of Liagora [L. viscida (Forsskål) C. Agardh], Ganonema [G. farinosum (Lamouroux) Fan et Wang], and Trichogloea [T. requienii (Montagne) Kützing] and we therefore propose that Izziella be restored as an independent genus. It is our contention that Liagora, as presently constituted, displays considerable variation in reproductive morphology and should probably be divided into several smaller genera.

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