Dumontia ramentacea (Linaeus) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Dumontia ramentacea (Linaeus) Greville 1830: lxii

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Dumontia is Dumontia incrassata (O.F.Müller) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Devaleraea ramentacea (Linnaeus) Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. (1982). Devaleraea, a new genus of the Palmariaceae (Rhodophyta) in the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 62: 1-13.

Basionym
Fucus ramentaceus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: [No locality given in the original publication.]; (Linnaeus 1767: 718) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.82 (Spencer & al. 2009: 250) Notes: Lectotype chosen by L.M. Irvine is the top left specimen.Type is shown at http://linnean-online.org/13612/ where it indicated that it is probable that the specimen was collected by J.D. Koenig.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 03 April 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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