Cladophora riparia f. Harvey (Roth) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847
Current name:
Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey
Northern California - 08 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)
Publication Details
Cladophora riparia f. Harvey (Roth) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 495
Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1847). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...I. Part II. Botany of Fuegia, the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, etc. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 454-519. London: Reeve Brothers, King William Street, Strand.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
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.
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: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 March 2025
