Ceramium fuscum (Hudson) Roth 1800
Publication Details
Ceramium fuscum (Hudson) Roth 1800: 487
Published in: Roth, A.W. (1800). Tentamen florae Germanicae continens enumerationem plantarum in Germania sponte nascentium. Tomus III. Pars prior. pp. [i]-vii, 1-578. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: In Bibliopolio Gleditschiano.
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 Sphacelaria fusca (Hudson) 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 fusca Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: York, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 575) Type: TCD; (Athanasiadis 1996: 198) Notes: According to Womersley (1987: 168), the type (Sphacelaria fusca (Hudson) Gray) is from Sidmouth, England (Griffiths): neotype in TCD.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), a sombre brown, but often used to indicate darkness of colour (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 July 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 March 2025