Vertebrata bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) Kuntze 1891

Current name: Savoiea bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) M.J.Wynne
Northern California - 09 March 2011. Wendell Wood (ww@oregonwild.org)

Publication Details
Vertebrata bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) Kuntze 1891: 928

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

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Publication date: 5 November 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 Savoiea bipinnata (Postels & Ruprecht) M.J.Wynne.

Source of Synonymy
Wynne, M.J. (2018). The status of Polyostea Ruprecht (1850) and the proposal of Savoiea gen. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Notulae Algarum 69: 1-4.

Basionym
Polysiphonia bipinnata Postels & Ruprecht

Type Information
Type locality: Kamchatka, Russia; Type: LE; (Yoshida 1998: 1075) Notes: Russia: "in saxis ad littora Kamtschatica" (INA).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twice-pinnate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 22 January 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025