Ceramium tetragonum (Stackhouse) C.Agardh 1817

Publication Details
Ceramium tetragonum (Stackhouse) C.Agardh 1817: 137

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callithamnion tetragonum (Stackhouse) S.F.Gray.

Source of Synonymy
Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.

Basionym
Conferva tetragona Stackhouse

Type Information
Type locality: "Found by Major Velley and Mr Stackhouse at the Bill of Portland, growing parasitically on the larger Fuci, principally on their stems." [Portland Bill, Dorset, England]; (Withering 1796: 405) Lectotype: Velley & Stackhouse; undated; GL; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 129)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), four-angled (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 28 January 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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