Zostera ciliata Forsskål 1775

Publication Details
Zostera ciliata Forsskål 1775: 157

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zostera is Zostera marina Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Thalassodendron ciliatum (Forsskål) Hartog.

Source of Synonymy
Hartog, C. den (1970). The sea-grasses of the world. Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Natuurkunde. Tweede reeks 59(1): 1-275, 63 figs, 31 pls.

Type Information
Type locality: Al Mukha, Yemen, southern Red Sea; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 71) Type: P. Forsskål; BM; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 71) Notes: (see den Hartog 1970: 183).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ciliate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 September 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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