Rytiphlaea thuyoides (Harvey) Harvey 1849

Publication Details
Rytiphlaea thuyoides (Harvey) Harvey 1849: pl. 221

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. text with plates, pls CCXVII-CCLXX [217-270]. London: Reeve & Benham.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rytiphlaea is Rytiphlaea purpurea C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vertebrata thuyoides (Harvey) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Díaz-Tapia, P., McIvor, L., Freshwater, D.W., Verbruggen, H., Wynne, M.J. & Maggs, C.A. (2017). The genera Melanothamnus Bornet & Falkenberg and Vertebrata S.F. Gray constitute well-defined clades of the red algal tribe Polysiphonieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales). European Journal of Phycology 52(1): 1-20, 77 figs.

Basionym
Polysiphonia thuyoides Harvey

Type Information
Type locality: Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare, Ireland; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 364) Lectotype: 1831; TCD; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 364)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Thuja (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 11 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 March 2017

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Nomenclatural note
The original orthography of the species epithet is here retained. - (03 March 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025

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