Girardia fuscopurpurea var. atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) S.F.Gray 1821
Current name:
Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh
Growing on Cladophora. Oxford Canal, near Claydon, UK. On a lock gate. - 23 October 2009. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Girardia fuscopurpurea var. atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) S.F.Gray 1821: 287
Published in: Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Nov. 1821
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Girardia is Girardia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) S.F.Gray.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh.
Basionym
Conferva atropurpurea Mertens ex Roth
Type Information
Type locality: Ad rotas molendinas Bremae in Visurgi primo ob. Julio 1801 Mertens, qui sub nomine Confervae castaneae comm. [Watermill on the Weser River, Bremen first observed in July 1801 by Mertens who communicated it under the name Conferva castanea]; (Roth 1806: 208) Neotype [designated by K. Müller & al. 2003]: K. Müller and A. Sherwood; 24.v.1998; BM; 000637980 (Müller et al. 2003: 216) Notes: Lectotype: Collected by Mertens from the Weser River at Bremen: lectotypified by Pfeiffer (1871-1873: 361) (Sutherland et al 2011). Neotype designated by Müller et al (2003: 216): Ysselmeer, Netherlands; coll. K. Müller & A. Sherwood, 24 May 1998; BM accession Number BM000637980. Roth's collection is believed to have been destroyed in World War II (Koster 1957 cited by Müller et al. 2003; Koster 1969 cited by Womersley 1994). [INA: England: Hampshire: near Southampton (Mr Woods); Wales: Camarthenshire: near Pontardylais. Collector: Mertens (vii 1801)].
General Environment
This is a freshwater 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 16 April 2024
