Ceramium strictum (Mertens ex Dillwyn) Poiret, nom. illeg. 1811

Current name: Polysiphonia stricta (Mertens ex Dillwyn) Greville
New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; spring plants in MLWN pools - 29 March 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Ceramium strictum (Mertens ex Dillwyn) Poiret, nom. illeg. 1811: 170

Published in: Lamarck, J.-B. de & Poiret, J.M.L. (1783-1817). Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. . Paris: Chez Panckoucke, Liège, chez Plomteux.

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 stricta (Mertens ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Source of Synonymy
Greville, R.K. (1824). Flora edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh, arranged according to the Linnean system, with a concise introduction to the natural orders of the class Cryptogamia, and illustrated plates. pp. i-lxxxi, 1-478. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London.

Basionym
Conferva stricta Mertens ex Dillwyn

Type Information
Syntype localities: "On rocks in the sea at Dover [Kent] and Swansea [Wales]."; (Dillwyn 1804: pl. 40) Lectotype (Swansea): Dillwyn; undated; BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 355) Notes: .

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), drawn close together, very upright, very straight (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 17 April 2015 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 August 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: priority for Ceramium strictum Roth, 1806. - (17 April 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025