Herpothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Nägeli 1862

Publication Details
Herpothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Nägeli 1862: 351, 413

Published in: Nägeli, C. (1862 '1861'). Beiträge zur morphologie und systematik der Ceramiaceae. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 1861(2): 297-415, 30 figs, 1 pl.

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Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Magnus.

Source of Synonymy
Magnus, P. (1873). Ueber die botanische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Pommerania vom 16. Juni bis 2 August 1871. In: Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 181. I Jahrgang. (Meyer, H.A., Möbius, K., Karsten, G. & Hensen, V. Eds), pp. 65-83. Berlin: Verlag von Wiegandt & Hempel.

Basionym
Conferva repens Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: "In the Sea parasitical on Fuci, [Great] Yarmouth [Norfolk] and Dover [Kent]" [England]; (Dillwyn 1802: pl. 18) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 139) Notes: England, unlocalized (Maggs & hommersand, 1993: 139).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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