Ruppia tuberosa J.S.Davis & P.B.Tomlinson 1974
Publication Details
Ruppia tuberosa J.S.Davis & P.B.Tomlinson 1974: 60, figs 1-10
Published in: Davis, J.S. & Tomlinson, P.B. (1974). A new species of Ruppia in high salinity in Western Australia. J. Arnold Arbor. Harv. Univ. 55: 59-66.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ruppia is Ruppia maritima Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Shark Bay, Western Australia; (Robertson 1984: 72) Neotype: FLAS; 137470 (Robledo, Freile-Pelegrin & Sanchez-Rodriguez 2003: 72) Notes: Robertson (1984: 72) notes the type was collected from Shark Bay, Western Australia by J. S. Davis, on 5 September 1970 and is apparently lost.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tuberous.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 13 September 2018
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Habitat note
In ephemeral, or at the margins of permanent, saline water bodies such as lakes, inlets, estuaries and tidal lagoons in water from 10 cm to 1 m deep, and also in the mid to lower eulittoral on tidal flats in sheltered bays where it grows in association with Lepilaena marina and Zostera mucronata (Robertson 1984). - (24 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 March 2025
