Ulva capillaris Hudson 1778
Current name:
Chondria capillaris (Hudson) M.J.Wynne
spermatangial branches and cystocarps, Ría de Ares, Galicia, Spain, 2014Ignacio Barbara
Publication Details
Ulva capillaris Hudson 1778: 571
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum Britanniæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopæorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta.. pp. [i], 335-690. Londini [London]: impensis auctoris: prostant venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ulva is Ulva lactuca Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chondria capillaris (Hudson) M.J.Wynne.
Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (1991). A change in the name of the type of Chondria C. Agardh (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Taxon 40: 316-318.
Type Information
Neotype locality: "The Lookout", Weymouth, Dorset; (Wynne 1991: 480) Neotype: Samuel Goodenough; BM; (Wynne 1991: 480)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), capillary, hair-like, thread-like (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 December 2024