Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville 1824

Current name: Ulva compressa Linnaeus
Point Roadknight, Victoria; scale 100 µmJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Fistularia compressa (Linnaeus) Greville 1824: 300

Published in: Greville, R.K. (1824). Flora edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh, arranged according to the Linnean system, with a concise introduction to the natural orders of the class Cryptogamia, and illustrated plates. pp. i-lxxxi, 1-478. Edinburgh: Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and T. Cadell, Strand, London.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fistularia is Fistularia intestinalis (Linnaeus) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulva compressa Linnaeus.

Basionym
Ulva compressa Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in Europae mari & tectis maritimis" [Probably Bognor, Sussex, England]; (Hayden & al. 2003: 289) Lectotype: Dillenius (1742: pl. 9: fig. 8) (epitype) OXF; (Hayden & al. 2003: 289) Notes: Northern Europe (Lipkin & Silva 2002).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flattened, usually laterally (Stearn 1983).

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 August 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025