Cladophora riparia f. Harvey (Roth) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847

Publication Details
Cladophora riparia f. Harvey (Roth) Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 495

Published in: Hooker, J.D. (1847). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross...I. Part II. Botany of Fuegia, the Falklands, Kerguelen's Land, etc. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 454-519. London: Reeve Brothers, King William Street, Strand.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey.

Basionym
Conferva riparia Roth

Type Information
Type locality: "In Insula Norderney observavit amicus dilectiss. Mertens"; (Roth 1806: 216) Lectotype [designated by Womersley 1984: 170; Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany]: Mertens; BM; (Womersley 1984: 170) Notes: Womersley (1984: 170) notes that the holotype was destroyed.

Origin of Species Name
(Latin), growing on river banks, belonging to the shore (Dawes & Mathieson 2008)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 10 October 2021

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 May 2024

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