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, Fletcher & G.W.Saunders.

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 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 11 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2023

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