Bangia atropurpurea subsp. fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) De Toni 1891
Current name:
Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye
Spain, Galicia, Ría de A Coruña, 2008Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Bangia atropurpurea subsp. fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) De Toni 1891: 11
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1891). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. II. Sylloge Bacillariearum. Sectio I. Rhaphideae. pp. [i-iii]. [i]-cxxxii, 1-490. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Publication date: 25 July 1891
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Bangia is Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.
Basionym
Conferva fuscopurpurea Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "On lime-stone rocks in the sea about high water mark in the neighbourhood of Dunraven Castle. W. W. Young." [Glamorganshire, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1809: pl. 92) Notes: William Weston Young (1776-1847) was a British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), black-purple (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024