Cystoseira compressa var. pustulata Ercegovic ex Verlaque, nom. inval. 1988

Publication Details
Cystoseira compressa var. pustulata Ercegovic ex Verlaque, nom. inval. 1988: 191

Published in: Verlaque, M. (1988). Végétation marine de la Corse (Méditerranée) VII. Documents pour la flore des algues. Botanica Marina 31: 187-194. [in French, English abstract]

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cystoseira is Cystoseira concatenata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystoseira pustulata (Ercegovic) Neiva & Serrão.

Source of Synonymy
Neiva, J., Bermejo, R., Medrano, A., Capdevila, P., Milla-Figueras, D., Afonso, P., Ballesteros, E., Sabour, B., Serio, D., Nóbrega, E., Soares, J., Valdazo, J., Tuya, F., Mulas, M., Israel, A., Sadogurska, S.S., Guiry, M.D., Pearson, G.A. & Serrão, E. A. (2022 '2023'). DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity, taxonomic conflicts and novel biogeographical insights in Cystoseira s.l. (Phaeophyceae). European Journal of Phycology 58(3): 351-375, 8 figs, 2 tables.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 03 November 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: attributed directly to Ercegovic, not claimed as a new combination (INA); the name used by Ercegovic (1952: 113) was Cystoseira abrotanifolia subsp. pustulata Ercegovic. - (14 February 2010) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 June 2025