Ceramium patens Greville 1828

Publication Details
Ceramium patens Greville 1828: pl. 318

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1828). Scottish cryptogamic flora, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany. Vol. 6 (fasc. 64) pp. pls 316-320. Edinburgh & London: MacLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin, Craddock & Joy.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heterosiphonia plumosa (J.Ellis) Batters.

Type Information
Type locality: "HAB. In the sea. Rejectamenta in Etterick Bay, Island of Bute, May." [Scotland]; (Greville 1828: pl. 318)

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), spreading, outspread, diverging from the axis at almost 90 degrees (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 July 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 10 November 2023

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