Punctaria tenuissima (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Punctaria tenuissima (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: xlii, 54

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Punctaria is Punctaria plantaginea (Roth) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Zonaria tenuissima C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Kattegat, between Sweden and Denmark; (Silva & al. 1996: 636)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very fine (Lewis & Short 1890).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 October 2024

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Taxonomic note
Guiry (1997) suggests consulting Fletcher (1987) for the potential synonymy between Desmotrichum undulatum and Punctaria tenuissima. See also Ulva plantaginifolia Wulfen, 1803. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
This species has been introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 71) being first found in the Jabuka Island, Croatia in 1947-1956. - (04 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025