Chaetomorpha tortuosa

Chaetomorpha tortuosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cladophorales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Ulvophyceae Ordo: Cladophorales

Familia: Cladophoraceae
Genus: Chaetomorpha
Species: Chaetomorpha tortuosa

Name

Chaetomorpha tortuosa (Dillwyn) Kleen, 1874: 45

• Type locality: In Salt Pools by the River Yare near Yarmouth [Norfolk], and on Rocks in the Sea about Swansea [Wales].
• Lectotype: (Swansea, Wales]: BM (see Blaire (1983: 198). According to Womersley (1984: 168) the type is from Yarmouth, England; in BM.

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Conferva tortuosa Dillwyn, 1805: pl. 46, text
• Homotypic
• Rhizoclonium tortuosum (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1845: 205
• Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum var. tortuosum (Dillwyn) Stockmayer, 1890: 583

Homonyms

• Chaetomorpha tortuosa Kützing, 1849, nom. illeg. = Chaetomorpha ligustica

References

• Kleen, E.A.G. 1874. Om Nordlandens högre hafsalger. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 31(9): 3–46. BHL Reference page. 
• Dillwyn, L.W. 1805. British Confervae; or colored figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus Conferva. pp. pls 45–56 (with text). London: W. Phillips. BHL Reference page. 
• Kützing, F.T. 1845. Phycologia Germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. i–x, 1–340. Nordhausen: W. Köhne. BHL Reference page. 

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