Pleonosporium flexuosum (C.Agardh) Bornet 1892
Current name:
Pleonosporium flexuosum (C.Agardh) Bornet
Spain; apices under microscopeIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Pleonosporium flexuosum (C.Agardh) Bornet 1892: 307
Published in: Bornet, E. (1892). Les algues de P.-K.-A. Schousboe. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg 28: 165-376, pls I-III.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleonosporium is Pleonosporium borreri (Smith) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Ceramium flexuosum C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: North Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 420)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), zigzag, bent alternately in opposite directions (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 November 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024