Ulva punctata (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1797
Current name:
Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville
intertidal rocky pool, South of Portugal, 2011 - 01 January 0001. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ulva punctata (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1797: 405
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1797). Description of Ulva punctata. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 3: 236-237.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Basionym
Fucus punctatus Stackhouse
Type Information
Type locality: "First discovered by Mr. Stackhouse, on the sands at Weymouth, very near the pier, at low water mark." [Weymouth, Dorset, England]; (Withering 1796: 405) Notes: Type in BM?
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dotted, marked with dots, spots, minute glands, etc. (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 August 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
