Rhabdonia violacea J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Rhabdonia violacea J.Agardh 1876: 595
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhabdonia is Rhabdonia coccinea (Harvey) Harvey.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Cap. b. Spei." [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Agardh 1876: 595) Holotype: LD; herb. alg. Agardh (Kylin 1932: 20, pl. 7: fig. 13)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), violet, refers to the blue-red colours nearer blue (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 March 2020 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 20 April 2024
