Porphyra vulgaris var. linearis (Greville) Bertoloni 1862
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Phylum Rhodophyta
Subphylum Eurhodophytina
Class Bangiophyceae
Subclass Bangiophycidae
Order Bangiales
Family Bangiaceae
Genus Porphyra
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Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland. 16 Feb 2015. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry.
upper intertidal, RÃa de A coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
upper intertidal, RÃa de A coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2013. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
upper intertidial, North of Galicia, Spain, 2012. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
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Porphyra linearis Greville Salthill, Co. Galway, Ireland; plants at MHWN
© Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication details
Porphyra vulgaris var. linearis (Greville) Bertoloni 1862: 146
Published in: Bertoloni, A. (1862). Flora Italica Cryptogama [Algae, continued]. Vol. 2(2) pp. 129-256..
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Porphyra is Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Porphyra linearis Greville
Basionym
Porphyra linearis Greville
Type information
Type locality: Peakhead near Sidmouth, Devon, England Lectotype: R.K. Greville; Spring; E (Brodie & Irvine 2003: 124).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), common, general, ordinary (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Nomenclatural notes
Name also introduced by Lenormand (1843: 406) but without a description, and perhaps with a different intended type. Listed as a "nomen" in INA. - (23 Mar 2017) - M.D. Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 28 July 2017 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 March 2021.