Ralfsia verrucosa (Areschoug) Areschoug 1845

Publication Details
Ralfsia verrucosa (Areschoug) Areschoug 1845: 124

Published in: Fries, E.M. (1845). Summa vegetabilium Scandinaviae, seu enumeratio, systematica et critica, plantarum tum cotyledonearum, quum nemearum inter mare occidentale et album, inter Eidoram et Nordkap, hactenus lectarum, una cum singulae distributione geographica. pp. Sectio prior: [i], [iii], [i]-258, signatures 1-16 in fours. Holmiae & Lipsiae [Stockholm & Leipzig]: A. Bonnier.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ralfsia is Ralfsia deusta (C.Agardh) Berkeley.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudoralfsia verrucosa (Areschoug) Parente, R.L.Fletcher & G.W.Saunders.

Source of Synonymy
Parente, M.I., Fletcher, R.L., Costa, F.O. & Saunders, G.W. (2020 '2021'). Taxonomic investigation of Ralfsia-like (Ralfsiales, Phaeophyceae) taxa in the North Atlantic Ocean based on molecular and morphological data, with descriptions of Pseudoralfsiaceae fam. nov., Pseudoralfsia azorica gen. et sp. nov. and Nuchella vesicularis gen. et sp. nov.. European Journal of Phycology 56(1): 12-23, 21 figs, 2 tables.

Basionym
Cruoria verrucosa Areschoug

Type Information
Type locality: "Hab, in scrobiculis aqua marina repletis et undas invectas maris semper fere accipientibus Bahusiae septentrionalis copiose legimus.[Bahusia or Bohuslän, Western Götaland, Sweden]; (Areschoug 1843: 264) Lectotype?: S; A 4006 (Parente & al. 2020: 16, figs 2-8) Notes: Lectotype (Parente et al., 2020: 16) designated by whom at S? Syntypes issued as Alg. Scand. Exsicc. No 256

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), warty (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 November 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Price et al. (1978) and Womersley (1987) cites the authorities for this species as (Areschoug) J. Agardh. Authorities and place of publication of the combination here is as verified in Index Nominum Algarum. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2025

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