Gelidium variabile Greville ex J.Agardh 1851

Publication Details
Gelidium variabile Greville ex J.Agardh 1851: 468

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Publication date: Jan-Jun

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceratodictyon variabile (J.Agardh) R.E.Norris.

Source of Synonymy
Schmitz, F. (1895). Marine Florideen von Deutsch-Ostafrica. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 21: 137-177.

Type Information
Type locality: Madras, India; (Silva & al. 1996: 362) Type: Wight; Herb. Agardh, LD; (INA 1996) Notes: This type locality was first recorded through a personal comment from I. Price. Dawson (1953: 86): Holotype is a specimen collected by Wight, probably in the Hooker Herbarium at Kew, England. According to Feldmann, 1931, an isotype is in the Agardh Herbarium, Lund, Sweden. Data from INA and Silva et al. (1996) refer to Gelidium variabile J. Agardh.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), variable (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 November 2014

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 November 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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