Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2021, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (1): 99-110.doi: 10.11978/2020028CSTR: 32234.14.2020028

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Morphological taxonomy of genus Hypnea (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from eastern Guangdong, China

LIU Jinmei(), JIANG Jingjing, MA Xin, HUANG Bingxin, YANG Nan, LIU Meiyuan, DING Lanping()   

  1. Collage of Life Sciences of Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Animal and Plant Resistance, Tianjin 300387, China
  • Received:2020-03-14 Revised:2020-06-12 Online:2021-01-10 Published:2020-06-11
  • Contact: DING Lanping E-mail:1473701927@qq.com;skydlp@tjnu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31670199);National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970216);Scientific Research Plan of Tianjin Municipal Education Committee(JW1705)

Abstract:

Hypnea as one of the raw materials for carrageenan has significant economic value. Due to its wide geographical distribution, strong phenotypic plasticity and lack of detailed anatomical features, the species identification has always been controversial. Using morphological and anatomical methods, we carried out a taxonomic study on genus Hypnea using samples from Shantou, eastern Guangdong province from 2013 to 2014. According to the identification, there are four species, namely Hypnea boergesenii, H. chordacea, H. charoides and H. japonica. We provide the internal and external structural characteristics and geographical distributions of these species, and discuss the division of the family-level taxonomy of Hypnea (Hypneaceae/Cystocloniaceae), including whether H.boergesenii is an independent species.

Key words: Guangdong, red algae, Hypnea, morphology, taxonomy

CLC Number: 

  • P735.52