Rytiphlaea fruticulosa (Wulfen) Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Rytiphlaea fruticulosa (Wulfen) Harvey 1849: 220

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). A manual of the British marine algae: containing generic and specific descriptions of all the known British species of sea-weeds. With plates to illustrate all the genera. pp. [i]-lii, [1]-252, 27 pls. London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row.

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Publication date: Jul-Dec 1849

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rytiphlaea is Rytiphlaea purpurea C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Basionym
Fucus fruticulosus Wulfen

Type Information
Type locality: Trieste [Tergestum], Adriatic; (Díaz-Tapia & al. 2017: table 3) Lectotype: Wulfen (1789, pl. 16, fig. 1) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 363)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), small and shrubby.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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