Lyngbya flacca (Dillwyn) Harvey 1849
Current name:
Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret
Muigh Inis, Co. Galway, Ireland; on rock - 13 April 2006. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Lyngbya flacca (Dillwyn) Harvey 1849: 226
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lyngbya is Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret.
Source of Synonymy
Le Jolis, A. (1863). Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 10: 5-168, pls I-VI [1-6].
Basionym
Conferva flacca Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "...observed in the neighbourhood of Swansea, but is most probably not uncommon elsewhere:..." [Glamorgan, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 49) Lectotype: BM-K; (Lokhorst 1979: 213)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), drooping (Neal 1993).
Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 September 2004
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 December 2024
