taxonID	type	description	language	source
EAC2B667E71E59E1A3B26C16A0634F44.taxon	description	Description. Thalli lanceolate when young, becoming somewhat ovate (rarely obovate) when mature; base cuneate, becoming umbilicate; 50 - 115 mm thick; males to at least 5.5 cm wide and more than 31 cm long; females to 12 cm wide and more than 28 cm long, but thalli mostly narrower; color uniform throughout the thallus except for reproductive areas, olive-green when fresh, drying to grayish or brownish purple. Thalli dioecious. Spermatangia in packets of 2 - 4 x 2 - 4 x 8. Mature zygotosporangia in packets of 2 - 4 x 2 - 4 x 2 - 4. Habitat: mid to high intertidal rock, usually associated with sand. Phenology: winter to early spring (a few thalli may persist as late as mid summer). Distinguished from other species of Pyropia by unique rbc L and 18 S rRNA gene sequences.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
EAC2B667E71E59E1A3B26C16A0634F44.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named for the biogeographic region in which it is found, using the terminology of Valentine (1966), but with a modification of the boundaries to extend from Cape Mendocino, California, to the central coast of British Columbia. It also commemorates the centenary of the University of British Columbia herbarium, which was established in early 1916.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
EAC2B667E71E59E1A3B26C16A0634F44.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada, to Cape Mendocino, California, USA. Pyropia montereyensis and Pyropia columbiensis are essentially morphologically identical and represent the southern and northern species of a vicariant pair, respectively.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
B1D7711ABFD7520F8EC0C62435F6E661.taxon	description	Description. Thalli lanceolate and acuminate (occasionally oblanceolate) when young, becoming ovate to nearly orbiculate and often cleft when post-reproductive, base cuneate to strongly umbilicate when old; 50 - 75 mm thick when dried and young, 90 - 110 mm thick when old; males to at least 2.3 cm wide and 69 cm long; females to at least 4.8 cm wide and 68 cm long (although usually narrower; to 10 cm broad when old); color uniform throughout the thallus except for reproductive areas, olive green when fresh, drying to grayish or brownish purple. Thalli dioecious. Spermatangia in packets of 2 - 4 x 2 - 4 x 8 - 16. Zygotosporangia in packets of 2 - 4 x 2 - 4 x 4 - 8. Habitat: mid to high intertidal rock, usually associated with sand. Phenology: Winter to mid spring. Distinguished from other species of Pyropia by unique rbc L and 18 S rRNA gene sequences.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
B1D7711ABFD7520F8EC0C62435F6E661.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named for the biogeographic region in which it is found following the boundaries of Croom et al. (1995) more closely than those of Valentine (1966).	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
B1D7711ABFD7520F8EC0C62435F6E661.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Fort Bragg to just south of Ventura Beach, California, USA. We did not obtain an SSU sequence from type material of this species. The SSU sequence in GenBank (KP 903907) for this species is from another Monterey Peninsula site: Carmel River State Beach.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
221BEF19C3CB5CB5855CDBDD3B781B88.taxon	description	Description. Thalli linear to lanceolate, base cuneate; 28 - 65 mm thick; to 1.2 cm wide and 16 cm long; color uniform throughout the thallus except for reproductive areas: dusky rose. Thalli dioecious. Spermatangia in packets 2 x 2 x 8. Zygotosporangial thalli not observed Habitat: very high intertidal, above Pyropia lanceolata and Pyropia montereyensis when they co-occur. Phenology: Winter to early spring. Distinguished from other species of Pyropia by unique rbc L and 18 S rRNA gene sequences.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
221BEF19C3CB5CB5855CDBDD3B781B88.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This species is named for its basal position in the phylogeny of the Pyropia lanceolata complex.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
221BEF19C3CB5CB5855CDBDD3B781B88.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Thus far known only from Spanish Bay, Monterey Peninsula, and northeast side of Morro Rock, Morro Bay, California, USA.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
CC96416ACF4E5F25AEDC006E38F4CBDB.taxon	description	Description. Thalli broadly lanceolate to ovate, sometimes irregularly lobed, base becoming cordate with age; 45 - 115 mm thick; 1 - 5 cm wide to at least 15 cm long; monostromatic, with one or two chloroplasts per cell; margin ruffled, often irregular in outline; color pale dusky pink (in California) or lilac gray (Baja California). Monoecious. Spermatangial packets 4 x 4 x 8, cream-colored, variable in shape, mostly marginal in distal portion of thalli but sometimes forming submarginal streaks. Zygotosporangial packets 2 - 4 x 2 - 4 x 2 - 4, appearing as small pinkish speckles because of intermixing of reproductive and vegetative cells. Habitat: upper intertidal rock. Phenology: late winter to late spring. Distinguished from other species of Pyropia by unique rbc L and 18 S rRNA gene sequences.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
CC96416ACF4E5F25AEDC006E38F4CBDB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the provenance of the type material, where it is especially abundant in spring.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
CC96416ACF4E5F25AEDC006E38F4CBDB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Moss Landing, California, USA; Playa Saldamando and Faro de San Miguel, Baja California, Mexico.	en	Lindstrom, Sandra C., Hughey, Jeffery R., Rosas, Luis E. Aguilar (2015): Four new species of Pyropia (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) from the west coast of North America: the Pyropia lanceolata species complex updated. PhytoKeys 52: 1-22, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.5009
