Buccaferrea cirrhosa Petagna 1787
Current name:
Ruppia maritima Linnaeus
Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain - 20 July 2013. marmenormarmayor.es
Publication Details
Buccaferrea cirrhosa Petagna 1787: 1787
Published in: Petagna, V. (1787). Institutiones Botanicae Tomus V. De plantis in species. pp. 1767-2142, indices. Neapoli [Naples]: Typis Petri Perger, Auctoritate publica.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Buccaferrea.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ruppia maritima Linnaeus.
Type Information
Notes: Lectotype (designated by Ito et al. 2017: 169-170 “Buccaferrea” in Micheli, Nov. Pl. Gen.: t. 35. 1729.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), tendrilled, ending in a narrow curled or wavy appendage (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 November 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 13 September 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 May 2024
