Vertebrata ferulacea (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891

Publication Details
Vertebrata ferulacea (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891: 928

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 Vertebrata is Vertebrata fastigiata S.F.Gray.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melanothamnus ferulaceus (Suhr ex J.Agardh) Díaz-Tapia & Maggs.

Basionym
Polysiphonia ferulacea Suhr ex J.Agardh

Type Information
Syntype localities: "in rupibus maritimis infra limitem maris atlantici ad oras Mexici (Liebmann!) et Americae septentrionalis (Harvey!), ad insulam Guadeloupe (Duchassaing!); in oceano australi ad littora Novae Hollandiae! nec non ad Insulas Noukahiva (Jardin!) et Sandvich (Hb. Agardh)" [on the rocks below the sea at the coast; Atlantic Mexico; North America; Guadeloupe, West Indies; Hawaiian Islands; Marquesas Islands; Australia]; (Agardh 1863: 980) Notes: Lectotypification required from material at LD (Huisman 2018: 542).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the giant fennel (genus Ferula) (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 22 March 2017

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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