Gelidium sternbergii (C.Agardh) Greville 1830
Current name:
Prionitis sternbergii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Cape Perpetua, Oregon, USA; on rocks in sand at low water - 13 June 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Gelidium sternbergii (C.Agardh) Greville 1830: lviii
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Publication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gelidium is Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prionitis sternbergii (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.
Basionym
Sphaerococcus sternbergii C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: 'In mari Australi' [Nootka Sound (Vancouver Island), British Columbia, Canada or Monterey, California, USA]; (Gabrielson 2008: 91, 96) Lectotype: T. Haenke; 1791; LD; 22892 (bottom, single specimen) (Gabrielson 2008: 96) Notes: Isotype: LD 22892 (upper two specimens) and specimens in the packet on the same sheet.
Created: 13 January 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 January 2008
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 January 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024