Lyngbya flacca (Dillwyn) Harvey 1849

Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret

Current name: Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret
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Publication Details
Lyngbya flacca (Dillwyn) Harvey 1849: 226

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lyngbya is Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulothrix flacca (Dillwyn) Thuret.

Basionym
Conferva flacca Dillwyn

Type Information
Type locality: "...observed in the neighbourhood of Swansea, but is most probably not uncommon elsewhere:..." [Glamorgan, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 49) Lectotype: BM-K; (Lokhorst 1979: 213)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), drooping (Neal 1993).

Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 September 2004

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 September 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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