Ceramium rupestre (Linnaeus) De Candolle 1805
Current name:
Rama rupestris (Linnaeus) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; rocks at MTL - 18 April 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Ceramium rupestre (Linnaeus) De Candolle 1805: 42-43
Published in: Lamarck, J.B., de & De Candolle, A.P. (1805). Flore française, ou descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique. Troisième Édition. Tome second. pp. i-xii, 1-600, 1 folded map. Parisiis [Paris]: Chez H. Agasse, rue de Poitevine, No. 6 de l'Imprimerie de Stoupe, An XIII (1805).
Request PDFPublication date: 17 September 1805
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 Rama rupestris (Linnaeus) Boedeker, M.J.Wynne & Zuccarello.
Source of Synonymy
Boedeker, C., Wynne, M.J. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2023). Hidden diversity in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere environments: Reinstatement of the genus Rama and description of Vandenhoekia gen. nov. (Cladophoraceae, Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta), two highly variable genera. Journal of Phycology 59: 1284–1298, 4 figs.
Basionym
Conferva rupestris Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Europeae marinis rupibus copioissima [Bognor Regis, Sussex, England]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1167) Lectotype: OXF; herb. Dillenius (Hoek 1969: 19, 64) Notes: Herb. Dillenius as Conferva marina trichodes ramosior Dillenius, 1741, upper specimen and lower left-hand specimen of the herbarium sheet.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rocky, rock-dwelling (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 April 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 06 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
