Ginnania pulvinata var. subcostata (J.Agardh) Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Ginnania pulvinata var. subcostata (J.Agardh) Kützing 1849: 715 (as 'ß subcostata')
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ginnania is Ginnania furcellata (Turner) Zanardini.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scinaia interrupta (A.P.de Candolle) M.J.Wynne.
Basionym
Halymenia furcellata var. subcostata J.Agardh
Type Information
Notes: INA gives as type locality "In mari Adriatico ad Tergestum Bissoletto!" [Trieste, Italy] but this seems to refer (Agardh 1842: 98) to the nominate variety. Athanasidis (2016: 156) gives "Tanger" [Tangiers, Morocco] as the type locality and cited LD herb. alg. Agardh no. 32180 as the type.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cushion-shaped, strongly convexed (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
