Porphyra umbilicalis var. linearis (Greville) A.D.Cotton 1912
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Bangiophyceae
Subclass Bangiophycidae
Order Bangiales
Family Bangiaceae
Genus Porphyra
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Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
upper intertidal, RÃa de A coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
upper intertidal, RÃa de A coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
upper intertidial, North of Galicia, Spain, 2012. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Porphyra linearis Greville Spain, North of Galicia, 2009
© Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication details
Porphyra umbilicalis var. linearis (Greville) A.D.Cotton 1912: 131
Published in: Cotton, A.D. (1912). Clare Island Survey. Marine algae. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 31B(15): 1-178, pls I-IX. Download PDF
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porphyra linearis Greville
Basionym
Porphyra linearis Greville
Type information
Type locality: Peakhead near Sidmouth, Devon, England Lectotype: R.K. Greville; Spring; E (Brodie & Irvine 2003: 124).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
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*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Key references
Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.
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Verified by: 28 July 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
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