Palmella montana (Lightfoot) C.Agardh 1824

Publication Details
Palmella montana (Lightfoot) C.Agardh 1824: 15

Published in: Hašler, P., Pentecost, A., Jahodářova, E., Dvořák, P. & Poulučková, A. (2018). Taxonomic revision of Ulva montana (Lightfoot 1777) and description of a new genus of Lightfootiella (Cyanophyceae, Chroococcaceae). Phytotaxa 362(2): 173–186, 7 figs.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Palmella is Palmella hyalina Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sorospora montana (Lightfoot) Hassall.

Basionym
Ulva montana Lightfoot

Type Information
Syntype localities: "It grows upon the ground aminst the grass and moss on the sides of the montains in the isle of Skye and in Ross-shire on the side of a mountain called Cail-veg, between Loch-broom and Lead-beg, on the western coasts, and doubtless many other such-like places. VIII"; (Lightfoot 1777: 973) Lectotype: BM; Lightfoot Herbarium (Dixon 1983: 13) Notes: Ross-shire is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many exclaves), Inverness-shire and an exclave of Nairnshire. It includes most of Ross as well as Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The lectotype locality is the Isle of Skye. The lectotype is a specimen in BM (K) labelled "Mountain Dulse. Skye, Ulva montana. Fl. Cal."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), found in mountainous places.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 July 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 July 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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