Ceramium flexuosum C.Agardh 1824
Current name:
Pleonosporium flexuosum (C.Agardh) Bornet
Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2016Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Ceramium flexuosum C.Agardh 1824: 141
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pleonosporium flexuosum (C.Agardh) Bornet.
Source of Synonymy
De Toni, G.B. (1903). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. IV. Florideae. Sectio III. pp. [i], frontispiece, [iii-v], 775, 775 bis, 776, 777 bis, 777-1521 + 1523-1525. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Type Information
Type locality: North Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 420)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), zigzag, bent alternately in opposite directions (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 February 2008
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 February 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
