Sphaerococcus corallina Bory 1828
Current name:
Rhodymenia corallina (Bory) Greville
Chala, Arequipa, Peru - 05 December 2021. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Publication Details
Sphaerococcus corallina Bory 1828: 175-176 ('corallinus') (as 'corallinus')
Published in: Bory de St. Vincent, J.B. (1828). Botanique, Cryptogamie. In: Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. (Duperrey, L.I. Eds), pp. 97-200. Paris: Bertrand.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Sphaerococcus is Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodymenia corallina (Bory) Greville.
Type Information
Type locality: Concepción, Chile; (Silva & al. 1996: 369) Lectotype: PC; (Womersley 1996: 86)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 March 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 January 2025
