Sphacelaria racemosa Greville 1824
Publication Details
Sphacelaria racemosa Greville 1824: 96
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1824). Scottish cryptogamic flora, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany. Vol. 2 (fasc. 19-24), Plates 91-120 [with text]. Edinburgh & London: MacLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin, Craddock & Joy.
Request PDFPublication date: Various in 1824
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sphacelaria is Sphacelaria cirrosa (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Battersia racemosa (Greville) Draisma, Prud'homme & H.Kawai.
Source of Synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Kawai, H. (2010). A revised classification of the Sphacelariales (Phaeophyceae) inferred from a psbC and rbcL based phylogeny. European Journal of Phycology 45(3): 308-326.
Type Information
Type locality: Firth of Forth, opposite Caroline Park (Scotland); (Draisma, Prud'homme van Reine & Kawai 2010: 322) Type: Richardson (s.n.); 4.ii.1819; growing on rocks near high water mark; BM; (Draisma, Prud'homme van Reine & Kawai 2010: 322) Notes: GL, LD.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with flowers borne in racemes.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 August 1996 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 November 2010
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
