Ulva contorta (S.G.Gmelin) De Candolle 1805

Publication Details
Ulva contorta (S.G.Gmelin) De Candolle 1805: 10

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).

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Publication date: 17 September 1805

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht.

Source of Synonymy
Ruprecht, F.J. (1850). Algae ochotenses. Die ersten sicheren Nachrichten über die Tange des Ochotskischen Meeres. pp. 1-243, 10 pls. St. Petersburg: Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Basionym
Fucus contortus S.G.Gmelin

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad litus Scheuelingense prope Hagam comium e mari reiectum Cel. Pallas" [Scheveningen, The Netherlands]; (Gmelin 1768: 181) Lectotype (Illustration in Gmelin pl. 22: fig. 1), designated by Abbott 1979: 564): (Abbott 1979: 564)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), contorted, literally, ‘powerful, vehement, involved’. (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 August 2017

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

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