Episperma echionotum (J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891

Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh

Current name: Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh
Finavarra, Co. Clare, Ireland - 14 June 2011. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Episperma echionotum (J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891: 893

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Pars II. pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milano, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. A. Schechert, Charles Klincksierck.

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Publication date: 5 Nov 1891

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Episperma is Episperma micramnia Rafinesque.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh.

Basionym
Ceramium echionotum J.Agardh

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Devon (Torquay); (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 57) Lectotype: [A.M.] Griffiths; September, 1837; LD; 20792 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 57) Notes: Herb. Lugd, Bat. 940.265.8: Lenormand specimen from Arromanches (Normandy)? (Dixon, 1959: 342). In Atlantico, Torquay, Gades; in mediterraneo ad oras Hispaniae et Galloprovinciae (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), from echis (Greek), an adder, and noton (Greek), a back (Newton 1931).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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