Caulerpa racemosa var. chemnitzia (Esper) Weber Bosse 1898

Current name: Caulerpa chemnitzia (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux
Long Reef, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Caulerpa racemosa var. chemnitzia (Esper) Weber Bosse 1898: 376, pl. XXXI: figs 5-7

Published in: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1898). Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15(2): 243-401, plates 20-34.

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Publication date: 1898

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caulerpa chemnitzia (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux.

Basionym
Fucus chemnitzia Esper

Type Information
Type locality: Malabar Coast, India; (Silva & al. 1996: 838) Holotype: ER; 25805 (Belton et al. 2014: 48, fig. 8E) Notes: Isotypes: 690468 in MEL and 937.336-82 in L.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with flowers borne in racemes.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 March 2014

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Nomenclatural note
Eubank (1946) proposed treating Caulerpa racemosa var. chemnitzia as a taxonomic synonym of C. racemosa var. turbinata (J.Agardh) Eubank, and that treatment has been followed by later workers. J.Agardh's var. turbinata dates to 1837. Within Fucus chemnitzia Esper, Turner (Fuci, vol. IV, 1819: 8) recognized ß [= var.] peltata (J.V. Lamouroux) Turner. By Turner's recognition of var. peltata, he automatically created Fucus chemnitzia Esper var. chemnitzia (Turner, 1819), and therefore var. chemnitzia has priority over var. turbinata J. Agardh (1837). Submitted by M.J Wynne (28 Feb. 2012). - (28 February 2012) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025