Blossevillea retorta (Mertens) Montagne 1845
Current name:
Cystophora retorta (Mertens) J.Agardh
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia. - 01 March 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Blossevillea retorta (Mertens) Montagne 1845: 64
Published in: Montagne, C. (1845). Plantes cellulaires. In: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée...pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Botanique. (Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. i-xiv, 1-349. Paris: Gide et Cie, Éditeurs.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Blossevillea is Blossevillea torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) Decaisne.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystophora retorta (Mertens) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Basionym
Fucus retortus Mertens
Type Information
Type locality: not specified ("Novae Hollandiae"); (Silva & al. 1996: 646) Type: PC; (Womersley 1987: 392) Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Womersley (1964: 92) for more information on the type locality of this species.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 November 2015
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Nomenclatural note
Combination also made by Trevisan (1845: 65). - (21 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
