Gelidium oppositifolium (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Callophycus oppositifolius (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva

Current name: Callophycus oppositifolius (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Gelidium oppositifolium (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lviii

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
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callophycus oppositifolius (C.Agardh) P.C.Silva.

Basionym
Sphaerococcus oppositifolius C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "ad novam Hollandiam"; (Silva & al. 1996: 328) Holotype: Desfontaines; Herb. Agardh, LD; 25599 (Womersley 1994: 337) Notes: Isotype in PC.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with opposite leaves.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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