Gigartina viridis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Gigartina viridis (O.F.Müller) Lyngbye 1819: 44

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia viridis (O.F.Müller) J.V.Lamouroux.

Source of Synonymy
Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

Basionym
Fucus viridis O.F.Müller

Type Information
Type locality: Sinus Dróbachiense [Drøbak, Norway]; (Müller 1782: 5) Lectotype: original illustration (epitype)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), green (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 24 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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