Vertebrata hypnoides (Welwitsch) Kuntze 1891

Publication Details
Vertebrata hypnoides (Welwitsch) Kuntze 1891: 928 (as 'hypnodes')

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 5 November 1891

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Vertebrata is Vertebrata fastigiata S.F.Gray.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polysiphonia hypnoides Welwitsch

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. supra rupes coralliniferas oceani atlantici prope Olyssiponam (Welwitsch!)." [on coralliniferous stones near Lisbon]; (Agardh 1863: 933) Holotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh 39346 (Phycotheca Lusitana no. 292) (Díaz-Tapia & Bárbara 2013: 331) Notes: Type locality: Arrábida, Portugal (Diaz-Tapia & Bárbara, 2013).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the mosses, specifically the genus Hypnum (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 02 February 2017

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

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