Vidalia obtusiloba (Mertens ex C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1863
Publication Details
Vidalia obtusiloba (Mertens ex C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1863: 1123
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1863). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 3. pp. 787-1138, 1158-1291. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup. [in Latin]
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vidalia is Vidalia spiralis (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux ex J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Osmundaria obtusiloba (C.Agardh) R.E.Norris.
Source of Synonymy
Norris, R.E. (1991). The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 106: 1-40, 60 figs.
Basionym
Rytiphlaea obtusiloba C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Brazil; Type: LD?;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 April 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025
