Ulothrix radicans Kützing 1849
Current name:
Rosenvingiella radicans (Kützing) Rindi, L.M.McIvor & Guiry
Galway City, Ireland; at base of concrete wallMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Ulothrix radicans Kützing 1849: 349
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulothrix is Ulothrix tenuissima Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rosenvingiella radicans (Kützing) Rindi, L.M.McIvor & Guiry.
Source of Synonymy
Rindi, F., McIvor, L. & Guiry, M.D. (2004). The Prasiolales (Chlorophyta) of Atlantic Europe: an assessment based on morphological, molecular, and ecological data, including the characterization of Rosenvingiella radicans (Kützing) comb. nov. Journal of Phycology 40: 977-997, 7 figs.
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), rooting, putting forth aerial roots (Stearn 1983).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2025
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 April 2025
