Bangia atropurpurea var. fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1824
Current name:
Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye
microscope showing basal, downwardly growing rhizoids, North of Portugal, 2007Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Bangia atropurpurea var. fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) C.Agardh 1824: 76
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].
Request PDFPublication date: probably September 1824
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Bangia is Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye.
Basionym
Conferva fuscopurpurea Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "On lime-stone rocks in the sea about high water mark in the neighbourhood of Dunraven Castle. W. W. Young." [Glamorganshire, Wales]; (Dillwyn 1809: pl. 92) Notes: William Weston Young (1776-1847) was a British Quaker entrepreneur, artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), black-purple (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 March 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 September 2023
