Iridaea erinacea (Turner) Bory 1834
Current name:
Nothogenia erinacea (Turner) P.G.Parkinson
Olifantsbos, Cape Peninsula, South Africa - 18 November 2009. M.D. Guiry
Publication Details
Iridaea erinacea (Turner) Bory 1834: 161
Published in: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1834). Hydrophytes, Hydrophytae. In: Voyage aux Indes-Orientales...pendant les années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Botanique. Cryptogamie. (Bélanger, C. Eds), pp. 159-178. Paris: Bertrand.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Iridaea is Iridaea cordata (Turner) Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nothogenia erinacea (Turner) P.G.Parkinson.
Basionym
Fucus erinaceus Turner
Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope; (Silva & al. 1996: 112)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), prickly or hedgehog-like.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 October 2015
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Paul Gabrielson in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024
