Hydrogastrum granulatum (Linnaeus) Desvaux 1818

Current name:
Botrydium granulatum (Linnaeus) Greville
Spore formation. Drawdown zone, Pitsford Water SSSI, Northamptonshire, UK. - 13 September 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Hydrogastrum granulatum (Linnaeus) Desvaux 1818: 19
Published in: Desvaux, N.A. (1818). Observations sur les plantes des environs d'Angers, pour servir de supplément a la flore Maine et Loire, et de suite à l'histoire naturelle et critique des plantes de France. pp. [1]-188. Angers & Paris: Chez Fourier-Mame, Libraire, rue Saint-Laud; Dondey-Dipré, Libraire, no. 46, au Marais.
Publication date: July 1818
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Hydrogastrum.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Botrydium granulatum (Linnaeus) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Basionym
Ulva granulata Linnaeus
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), granulate (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 01 June 2015 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 06 April 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025