Chromastrum floridulum (Dillwyn) Papenfuss 1945

Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann

Current name: Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann
middle intertidal, Ria de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Chromastrum floridulum (Dillwyn) Papenfuss 1945: 323

Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1945). Review of the Acrochaetium-Rhodochorton complex of the red algae. University of California Publications in Botany 18: 229-334.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chromastrum is Chromastrum virgatulum (Harvey) Papenfuss.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann.

Basionym
Conferva floridula Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Rocks on the Sea shore. On the Galway Coast; Dr. Scott. On the Antrim Coast; Mr. Mackay." [Ireland]; (Dillwyn 1809: 73) Lectotype: BM; (Woelkerling & Womersley 1994: 45) Notes: Type locality: Galway coast, Ireland; Holotype (cited as lectotype in Diaz-Tapia, 2014): NMW (fide Woelkerling, 1971: 31). "Dr Scott" was probably Robert Scott (ca 1757-1808), Professor of Botany at Trinity College Dublin from 1800 to 1808. Mr MacKay was James Townsend MacKay (ca 1775-1862), first curator of the [Trinity] College Botanic Gardens, then at Ballsbridge, Dublin, from 1808, and an Assistant at TCD from 1806. [Woelkerling 1971: 31 cites NMW but later publications cite BM (Dixon & Irvine, 1977: 97; Woelkerling & Womersley in Womersley, 1994: 45)].

Origin of Species Name
(Latin), a diminutive of floridus meaning, somewhat blooming

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 27 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 May 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 May 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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