Tremella cruenta Smith, nom. inval. 1807
Publication Details
Tremella cruenta Smith, nom. inval. 1807: 25
Published in: Smith, J.E. (1807). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F.L.S. Vol. XXV [25]. London: printed for the author by J. Davis.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Tremella is Tremella nostoc Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porphyridium purpureum (Bory) K.M.Drew & R.Ross.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bloody.
Created: 31 August 2011 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 April 2023
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024