Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Phyllophora rubens (Linnaeus) Greville 1830: lvi, 135, pl. XV [15, top left figs 1–7]

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Phyllophora.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters.

Source of Synonymy
Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.

Basionym
Fucus rubens Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: unlocalised ("in Oceano"); (Athanasiadis 1996: 114) Holotype: undated; L; 910.128.1044 Notes: Dixon, 1964, fig. 1

Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), reddish (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Synonym as to name only. Phyllophora rubens sensu Greville is Phyllophora crispa (see pl. XV). - (24 April 2025) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 May 2025

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