Chorda tomentosa Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Chorda tomentosa Lyngbye 1819: 74, pl. 19 A

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chorda is Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halosiphon tomentosus (Lyngbye) Jaasund.

Source of Synonymy
Jaasund, E. (1957). Marine algae from northern Norway. II. Botaniska Notiser 110: 205-231.

Type Information
Type locality: ad rupes maritimas Norvegiae prope Öster-Riisöer; ante ostium sinus Oxefiord Norvegia; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tomentose, i.e., thickly and evenly covered with short more or less adpressed curled or curved matted hairs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 November 2019

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 November 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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