Exilaria circularia (Greville) Greville 1827
Current name:
Meridion circulare (Greville) C.Agardh
Bremerton, Washington, USA; golf course, 1000x, DIC - 04 October 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Exilaria circularia (Greville) Greville 1827: 37
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1827). Scottish cryptogamic flora, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany. Vol. 6 (fasc. 61-66), pls 301-330. Edinburgh & London: MacLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin, Craddock & Joy.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Exilaria is Exilaria flabellata Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Meridion circulare (Greville) C.Agardh.
Basionym
Echinella circularis Greville
Type Information
Type locality: Rivulet near Dumbryden Quarries ; (Rhode, Pappas & Stoermer 2001: 178) Holotype: BM; 81187 (Rhode, Pappas & Stoermer 2001: 178) Notes: Freshwater, Scotland (Index Nominum Algarum). Rhode et al. cite 1820 (presumably collection date).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 25 November 2008 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 23 January 2011
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 October 2024