Ulva cornuta Lightfoot
Publication details
Ulva cornuta Lightfoot 1777: 972
Published in: Lightfoot, J. (1777). Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. pp. 545-1151 [1-24], pls 1-35. London: printed for B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), horned.
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
This may be a fungus: a species of Tremella or Clavaria. - (25 Feb 2015) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Created: 01 March 2002 by Olivia Fitzgerald
Verified by: 25 February 2015 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 February 2019.
