Cryptopleura americana (C.Agardh) Montagne ex Kützing 1849

Publication Details
Cryptopleura americana (C.Agardh) Montagne ex Kützing 1849: 872

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Cryptopleura is Cryptopleura lacerata (S.G.Gmelin) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grinnellia americana (C.Agardh) Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1853). Nereis boreali-americana; or, contributions towards a history of the marine algae of the atlantic and pacific coasts of North America. Part II. Rhodospermeae. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(5): [i-ii], [1]-258, pls XIII-XXXVI.

Basionym
Delesseria americana C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Ad litus Americae Septentrionalis prope North River lecto, mihi allata [Hudson River].; (Agardh 1822: 173)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), of or pertaining to America.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 September 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 September 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 May 2025

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