Sphacelaria scoparia (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819

Publication Details
Sphacelaria scoparia (Linnaeus) Lyngbye 1819: 104

Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Halopteris scoparia (Linnaeus) Sauvageau.

Source of Synonymy
Sauvageau, C. (1904). Remarques sur les Sphacélariacées. Vol. 2 pp. 321-480. Bordeaux: Féret et fils.

Basionym
Conferva scoparia Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "in mari Europaeo"; (Athanasiadis 1996: 202) Type: OXF;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), in the form of a broom; fastigiate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 October 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024

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