Buccaferrea Petagna, 1787: 1787
Holotype species: Buccaferrea cirrhosa Petagna
Currently accepted name for the type species: Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande
Original publication:Petagna, V. (1787). Institutiones Botanicae Tomus V. De plantis in species. pp. 1767-2142, indices. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Petri Perger, Auctoritate publica.
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Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of Ruppia.
Numbers of names and species: There is only one species or infraspecific name in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Buccaferrea cirrhosa Petagna S - type
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=50907
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2013.
