Melanthalia billardierei Montagne, nom. illeg. 1843
Publication Details
Melanthalia billardierei Montagne, nom. illeg. 1843: 298
Published in: Montagne, C. (1843). Quatrième centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles. Décades VII. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Seconde Série 20: 294-306, pl. 12.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melanthalia is Fucus obtusatus Labillardière.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanthalia obtusata (Labillardière) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Eponomy
Named for Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (28 October 1755 – 8 January 1834).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 February 2009 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 June 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024
