Ulva crispa Lightfoot 1777

Publication Details
Ulva crispa Lightfoot 1777: 972

Published in: Lightfoot, J. (1777). Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. pp. 545-1151 [1-24], pls 1-35. London: printed for B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street.

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Publication date: October 1777

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Type Information
Type locality: [No locality, presumably Scotland]; (Lightfoot 1777: 972) "Lectotype" (Dixon 1983: 12; Bryant, Irvine & Ruffle 2012: 32): BM; 000005094 (Bryant & al. 2012: 32) Notes: Bryant, Irvine & Ruffle (2012: 32, expl. pl. 6)) report the annotation on the lectotype "No. 22. In moist shady places on the North side of Walls where no Grass grows, generally. This is a thin membranaceous substance, & I think it mostly is where people Pisses ag[ain]st Walls.” This observation agrees with the known ecology of this taxon which is often associated with sites rich in organic nitrogen (such as urine or guano)."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crisped, irregularly waved and twisted (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 September 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 September 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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