Gracilaria filiformis (C.Agardh) Greville 1830

Publication Details
Gracilaria filiformis (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: liv

Published in: 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]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.

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Publication date: Feb.-March 1830

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laurencia filiformis (C.Agardh) Montagne.

Basionym
Chondria filiformis C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "Ad oras occidentales novae Hollandiae" [Western Australia]; (Agardh 1822: 358) Holotype: PC?; Notes: Agardh (1822: 358) clearly says "Vidi in collectione Musaei Parisiensis" so the holotype should be in PC and the "lectotype" (Womersley 2003: 470), which did not include the required "designated here", in LD (herb. alg. Agardh 36488) is probably a duplicate of the holotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thread-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 November 2003 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 October 2018

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024

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