Chondria botryoides C.Agardh 1817

Publication Details
Chondria botryoides C.Agardh 1817: xviii (as 'Botryoides')

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chondria is Chondria tenuissima (Withering) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laurencia botryoides (C.Agardh) Gaillon.

Source of Synonymy
Gaillon, B. (1828). Résumé méthodique des classifications des Thalassiophytes. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, édition 2 [F. Cuvier] 53: 350-406, 3 tables.

Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, near New Holland, on rocks in shallow water. Mr. Brown"; (Womersley 2003: 104) Holotype [of Fucus botryoides Turner]: Robert Brown; in shallow water; BM; (Womersley 2003: 475)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 05 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 March 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Replaced name: Fucus botryoides Turner 1811, illeg. - (01 March 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2025

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