Ulva fluviatilis Sommerfelt 1828
Publication Details
Ulva fluviatilis Sommerfelt 1828: 27, pl. III: figs 1a-d
Published in: Sommerfelt, S.C. (1828). Bemaerkninger paa en botanisk Excursion til Bergens Stift. Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 9(1): 1-33, 3 pls. [in Danish]
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prasiola fluviatilis (Sommerfelt) Areschoug ex Lagerstedt.
Type Information
Type locality: "Til Leerdalsören kom jeg tilbage den 8 Aug. Jeg lagde denne Gang ifaer Maerke til: ... og i Elven ovenfor Praeftegaarden en nye Art Ulva" [Leerdalsören, Bergen, Norway]; (Sommerfelt 1828: 28)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Description
"laetevirens nitida plana cuneato-lanceolata obtusa basi attenuata in radicem tenuissemum scutulatum, margine crispo erosoque, seminibus qvaternatis se. per lineas geminas abruptas parallelas disposits, quare ab U. plantanigea L., cui alias forma subsimilis, distinguitur." [light green, shining, flat, cuneate-lanceolate, obtuse, tapering at the base, with a very thin scutulate root, with a curly margin, and eros with four-sided seeds. arranged through a pair of abrupt parallel lines, and therefore it is distinguished from U. plantanigea L., to which it is otherwise similar in form]
Created: 29 June 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2024
