Ceramium violaceum var. allochroum Roth 1806

Publication Details
Ceramium violaceum var. allochroum Roth 1806: 502 (as 'Ceramium violaceum gamma alochroum')

Published in: Roth, A.G. [=A.W.] (1806). Catalecta botanica quibus plantae novae et minus cognitae describuntur atque illustrantur. Fasciculus tertius cum tabulis aenaeis XII. pp. [i-viii], [1]-350, [1-2, index pi.], [1-6, index] [1, err.], pls I-XII. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: in Bibliopolio Io. Fr. Gleditschiano.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Polysiphonia allochroa (Roth) Duby.

Source of Synonymy
Duby, J.É. (1830). Augusti Pyrami de Candolle Botanicon gallicum seu synopsis plantarum in flora gallica descriptarum. Editio secunda. Ex herbariis et schedis Candollianis. Pars secunda plantas cellulares continens. pp. vi, [545]-1068, lviii. Paris: V^F Desray.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), violet, refers to the blue-red colours nearer blue (Stearn 1983).

Created: 17 January 2009 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 May 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 May 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025

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