Corallina officinalis var. mediterranea (Areschoug) Hauck, nom. illeg. 1883
Publication Details
Corallina officinalis var. mediterranea (Areschoug) Hauck, nom. illeg. 1883: 281
Published in: Hauck, F. (1883). Die Meeresalgen Deutschlands und Österreichs. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Zweite Auflage. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 113-320. Leipzig: Eduard Kummer.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Corallina is Corallina officinalis Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ellisolandia elongata (J.Ellis & Solander) K.R.Hind & G.W.Saunders.
Basionym
Corallina mediterranea J.E.Areschoug
Type Information
Type locality: "In mari mediterraneo prope Alexandriam (Herb. Reg. Acad. Scientar. Holmiae)" [near Alexandria, Egypt]; (Agardh 1851: 568)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), used in medicine [in the past] (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 September 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 17 August 2012
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Nomenclatural note
This combination is an illegitimate name, as a later homonym of C. officinalis var. mediterranea Kützing (1858) (Furnari et al., 1999). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 August 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
