Prasiola fulvescens (C.Agardh) Trevisan 1842

Publication Details
Prasiola fulvescens (C.Agardh) Trevisan 1842: 479

Published in: Trevisan, V.B.A. (1842). Osservazioni sul genere Bangia. In: Atti della Terza Riunione degli Scienziati italiani tenuta in Firenze nel settembre del 1841. (Ridolfi, C. Eds), pp. 478-481. Florence: Tipi della Galileiana.

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Publication date: 20 June 1842

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prasiola is Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Capsosiphon fulvescens (C.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner.

Source of Synonymy
Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1920). Phycological contributions. I. University of California Publications in Botany 7: 279-324, pls 21-31.

Basionym
Ulva fulvescens C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "In saxis portus Landscronae, atque lapillis lacunarum munimenti Gråen" [Landskrona, Sweden]; (Agardh 1823: 420) Lectotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh 13358 (Brodie & al. 2007: 33)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), becoming tawny, somewhat tawny [yellowish-brown] (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025

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