Enteromorpha ramulosa var. acanthophora (Kützing) V.J.Chapman, nom. inval. 1956

Publication Details
Enteromorpha ramulosa var. acanthophora (Kützing) V.J.Chapman, nom. inval. 1956: 419

Published in: Chapman, V.J. (1956). The marine algae of New Zealand. Part I. Myxophyceae and Chlorophyceae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 55(360): 333-501, 153 figures, pls 24-50.

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Publication date: July 1956

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Enteromorpha is Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva acanthophora (Kützing) H.S.Hayden, Blomster, Maggs, P.C.Silva, Stanhope & Waaland.

Source of Synonymy
Hayden, H.S., Blomster, J., Maggs, C.A., Silva, P.C., Stanhope, M.J. & Waaland, J.R. (2003). Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera. European Journal of Phycology 38(3): 277-294, 4 figs, 5 tables.

Basionym
Enteromorpha acanthophora Kützing

Type Information
Bay of Islands, New Zealand; (Hayden & al. 2003: 288) Type: J.D. Hooker; L; 938.19.134 (Hayden & al. 2003: 288)

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 June 2009

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: place of publication of basionym not correctly cited; cites Kützing 1856, a later usage which refers to the original usage (INA). - (18 June 2009) - M.D. Guiry

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