Pterota Cramer, 1863
Lectotype species: Pterota plumosa Cramer
Publication details: Cramer, 1863: 25,110
Currently accepted name for the type species: Ptilota gunneri P.C.Silva, Maggs & L.M.Irvine
Original publication: Cramer, C. (1863). Physiologisch-systematische Untersuchungen über die Ceramiaceen. Neue Denkschriften der Allgemeinen Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 20: 1-131.
Type designated in: Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2018-05-24 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilota.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Nomenclatural note
See INA for year of publication of this Genus. - (24 May 2018) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 May 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 April 2025