Chylocladia articulata (Hudson) Hooker 1833

Current name: Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye
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Publication Details
Chylocladia articulata (Hudson) Hooker 1833: 298

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1833). Div. I. Inarticulatae. Div. II. Confervoideae; Div. III. Gloiocladeae. In: The English Flora of Sir James Edward Smith. Class XXIV. Cryptogamia. Vol. V. (or Vol. II of Dr. Hooker's British flora). Part I. Comprising the Mosses, Hepaticae, Lichens, Characeae and Algae. (Hooker, W.J. Eds), pp. 259-262, 264-401. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Paternoster-Row.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chylocladia is Chylocladia kaliformis (Goodenough & Woodward) Hooker.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.

Source of Synonymy
Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.

Basionym
Ulva articulata Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Cornwall, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 350) Lectotype: original description (Hudson, 1772) in the absence of material (Dixon & Irvine 1977)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), articulated, jointed (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 June 2025