Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey 1849: pl. CCXXXVIII [238]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. text with plates, pls CCXVII-CCLXX [217-270]. London: Reeve & Benham.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhizoclonium is Rhizoclonium juergensii (Mertens) Kützing.

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

Basionym
Conferva riparia Roth

Type Information
Type locality: "In Insula Norderney observavit amicus dilectiss. Mertens"; (Roth 1806: 216) Lectotype [designated by Womersley 1984: 170; Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany]: Mertens; BM; (Womersley 1984: 170) Notes: Womersley (1984: 170) notes that the holotype was destroyed.

Origin of Species Name
(Latin), growing on river banks, belonging to the shore (Dawes & Mathieson 2008)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 April 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Lawson & John (1987) cite this species as Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Kützing in Harvey, 1849. While the name on the for the text for pl. CCXXXVIII is "Rhizoclonium riparium Kütz." this appears to be an error. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Burrows (1991) and Guiry (1997) include this as a synonym of Rhizoclonium tortuosum (Dillwyn) Kützing. Silva, Basson & Moe (1996) regard this as a separate species. John et al. (2004) cite Rhizoclonium riparium var. implexum (Dillwyn) Rosenv., R. implexum (Dillwyn) Kütz. and Lola implexum (Harv.) Hamel as synonyms. They note that all records of R. implexum and L. implexum are now placed under R. riparium var. implexum, see John et al. (2003). "Species complex (Skaloud et al. 2018: 207). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 April 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025

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