Verrucaria rubra Sommerfelt 1826

Hildenbrandia rubra (Sommerfelt) Meneghini

Current name: Hildenbrandia rubra (Sommerfelt) Meneghini
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; plants on granite in upper-shore pool - 26 March 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Verrucaria rubra Sommerfelt 1826: 140

Published in: Sommerfelt, C. (1826). Supplementum Florae lapponicae quam edidit Dr. Georgius Wahlenberg auctore. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-xii, [1]-331, [332, err.], 3 pls. Christianiae [Oslo]: typis Borgianis et Gröndahlianis.

Publication date: March 1826

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Hildenbrandia rubra (Sommerfelt) Meneghini.

Type Information
Type locality: Hab. in lapidibus a fluxu maris inundatis ad litora Nordlandiae frequenter [Nordland, Norway]; (Sommerfelt 1826: 140) Lectotype: O; (Irvine & Pueschel 1994: 240) Notes: According to Irvine & Pueschel (1994: the lectotype: is from Norway (Saltdal). Sherwood & Sheath (2003: 411) give the following data: Holotype: Yaltdalen. Sommerfelt (vii. 1822); in O (no number given).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), red (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 July 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 July 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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