Griffithsia repens Zanardini 1843
Publication Details
Griffithsia repens Zanardini 1843: 56
Published in: Zanardini, G. (1843). Saggio di classificazione naturale delle Ficee del Dottore Giovanni Zanardini aggiunti nuovi studii sopra l'androsace degli antichi con tavola miniata ed enumerazione di tutte le specie scoperte e raccolte dall'autore in Dalmazia. pp. [1]-64, 2 folded tables, 1 col. pl. Venezia [Venice]: Dallo Stabilimento tipographico enciclopedico di Girolamo Tasso.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Griffithsia is Griffithsia corallina C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spermothamnion strictum (C.Agardh) Ardissone.
Source of Synonymy
Zanardini, G. (1863). Scelta di Ficee nuove o più rare del mare Adriatico. Decade quarta. Memorie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 11(2): [269]-306, pls XXV-XXXII.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 26 April 2007 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2023
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Taxonomic note
"This species was described by Zanardini (1843: 56) from Dalmatia (Croatia). Kützing illustrated it in his Tabulae Phycologicae (Kützing, 1862: 11, pl. 33). Zanardini himself (1863: 287) considered it as a synonym of Ca. strictum [= S. strictum]. See also the note to S. flabellatum." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 432). - (05 December 2023) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
