Ceramium daviesii (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1817

Current name: Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga
Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 1984,Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Ceramium daviesii (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1817: xxvii, D.t.F

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 Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga.

Source of Synonymy
Stegenga, H. (1985). The marine Acrochaetiaceae (Rhodophyta) of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 51: 291-330, 25 figs, 1 table.

Basionym
Conferva daviesii Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: "One Marine Algae [probably Swansea, Wales]; Rev. Hugh Davies. Bantry Bay [Co Cork, Ireland]; Miss [Ellen] Hutchins. At Brighton [Sussex, England] Mr [William] Borrer; (Dillwyn 1809: 73) Lectotype: BM; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 90) Notes: Dixon & Irvine (1977: 90) mention a lectotype at BM which was probably collected at Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales, where the Rev. Davies lived from 1801 (Wikipedia).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 27 March 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Combination also introduced by Bonnemaison (1828: 139). - (27 March 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025