Hypophylla hypoglossoides (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1816

Current name: Hypoglossum hypoglossoides (Stackhouse) Collins & Hervey
microscope male blade, North of Portugal, 2005Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Hypophylla hypoglossoides (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1816: xii

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1816). Nereis britannica Editio altera. Nova addita classificatione cryptogamiarum [sic] respectu generis Fuci. pp. [i]-xii, [i]- 68, 20 plates. Oxford: S. Collingwood.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hypophylla is Hypophylla alata (Hudson) Stackhouse.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hypoglossum hypoglossoides (Stackhouse) Collins & Hervey.

Source of Synonymy
Riouall, R. (1985). Sur la présence dans l'Etange de Thau (Hérault-France) de Sphaerotrichia divaricata (C. Ag.) Kylin et Chorda filum (L.) Stackhouse. Botanica Marina 27(2): 83-86.

Basionym
Fucus hypoglossoides Stackhouse

Type Information
Type locality: "S.W. Coast, from I. of Wight to Land's End [Hampshire to Cornwall, England]; (Stackhouse 1802: 77) Lectotype: CN; (Wynne 1984: 86) Notes: Specimen in CN selected as Lectotype is labelled "F. hypoglos in fruit . Pridmouth July" Probably Pridmouth Bay (also known as Polridmouth Cove?) near Fowey in Cornwall.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 December 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 December 2017

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Nomenclatural note
In Stackhouse (1816: 29) as "Fucus hypoglossum var. hypoglossoides" [INA] - (05 December 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025