Gelidium latifolium (Greville) Bornet 1883
Publication Details
Gelidium latifolium (Greville) Bornet 1883: 192, fig. 83 d
Published in: Hauck, F. (1883). Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Österreichs. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 113-320. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
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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 Gelidium spinosum (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva.
Basionym
Gelidium corneum var. latifolium Greville
Type Information
Lectotype locality: E. Devon (Sidmouth); (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 127) Lectotype: sheet with a single speciemen from Sidmouth: E; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 139) Notes: Syntypes: 'Trevone Bay, Cornwall, and Waldon rocks, Torbay, Mrs. Griffiths. Sidmouth and Torquay'.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), broad-leaved (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
Cartilaginous, crimson to purplish red, 20-60 mm long. Main axes distinctly flattened, often narrower at base, ultimate branches short, often opposite, spine-like or spathulate.
Habitat
Pools in lower intertidal and subtidal, generally in shaded situations, southern and western shores, frequent.
Key Characteristics
Pinnate branching, lower-intertidal and subtidal low-light habitats, and distinctly flattened main axis.
Similar Species
Gelidium pulchellum which does not have distinctly flattened main axes and occurs higher on the shore.
Created: 30 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 August 2020
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Unspecified note
Sánchez et al. (2003: 8) cite the authority as (Greville) Bornet & Thuret. - (13 June 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Nomenclatural note
Silva, Basson & Moe (1996: 141-142) note: “The association of the binomial G[elidium] latifolium with G. corneum (Hudson) Lamouroux var. latifolium Greville seems to have been first made by Lily Newton (1931: 264), who accredited Bornet alone as the author of the combination. Thuret & Bornet were given credit by J. Feldmann & G. Hamel (1936: 121), Bornet & Thuret by Dixon (1959: 349). In the place where the combination was allegedly made (Bornet & Thuret, 1876: 58) we find that Bornet alone supplied the text and that Greville’'s variety is not mentioned. Bornet did not provide a description, but only a legend to his figures of the cystocap (pl. XX: figs 8-10), which he says has the same organisation of most French species of Geldium. Bornet had in hand a collection from Guéthary, Basse-Pyrénées, Atlantic France. A validating description was published by Hauck on the basis of specimens from the Adriatic Sea.”
Stegenga & Mol (1983: 158) and Lee & Kim (1995) cite this species as Gelidium latifolium (Greville) Bornet & Thuret - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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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 16 April 2025
