Cladophora flagelliformis Kützing
Publication details
Cladophora flagelliformis Kützing 1849: 388
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cladophora is Cladophora oligoclona (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), flagelliform (Stearn 1973).
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Conferva virgata C.Agardh 1824
Conferva flagelliformis Suhr 1840
Cladophora virgata Kützing 1843
Lychaete flagelliformis (Kützing) Areschoug 1851
Nomenclatural notes
Treated as a new name, the supposed basionym, Conferva flagelliformis Suhr, is an illegitimate name. - (15 Jul 2019) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
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Key references
Leliaert, F. & Coppejans, E. (2003). The marine species of Cladophora (Chlorophyta) from the South African east coast. Nova Hedwigia 76(1-2): 45-82.
Wynne, M.J. (1986). Report on a collection of benthic marine algae from the Namibian coast (southwestern Africa). Nova Hedwigia 43: 311-355, 24 pls.
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