Blossevillea retorta (Mertens) Montagne 1845
Current name:
Cystophora retorta (Mertens) J.Agardh
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia. - 01 March 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Blossevillea retorta (Mertens) Montagne 1845: 64
Published in: Montagne, C. (1845). Plantes cellulaires. In: Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelée...pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville. Botanique. (Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. Eds) Vol. 1, pp. i-xiv, 1-349. Paris: Gide et Cie, Éditeurs.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Blossevillea is Blossevillea torulosa (R.Brown ex Turner) Decaisne.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cystophora retorta (Mertens) J.Agardh.
Basionym
Fucus retortus Mertens
Type Information
Type locality: not specified ("Novae Hollandiae"); (Silva & al. 1996: 646) Type: PC; (Womersley 1987: 392) Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Womersley (1964: 92) for more information on the type locality of this species.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 16 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 November 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2024