Bangia calophylla Carmichael ex Greville 1826
Current name:
Prasiola calophylla (Carmichael ex Greville) Kützing
Dominick St Galway Ireland - 15 October 2004. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Bangia calophylla Carmichael ex Greville 1826: pl. 220
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1826). Scottish cryptogamic flora, or coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order Fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany. Vol. 4. Edinburgh & London: MacLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin, Craddock & Joy.
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Bangia is Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prasiola calophylla (Carmichael ex Greville) Kützing.
Type Information
Type locality: On a block of stone near the Clergyman's house on the Island of Lismore. October; (Greville 1826: pl. 220) Type: E; Notes: The island of Lismore lies in Lough Linnhe east of Mull in Argyll & Bute, Scotland.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), With beautiful leaves (Stearn 1973).
Created: 27 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 September 2021
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 September 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
