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Table 1 Current status and disposition of geniculate Corallinales reported from the Macaronesian region

From: Taxonomic biodiversity of geniculate coralline red algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from the Macaronesian region: summary and analysis

Current placement/name

Basionym

Valid publication

Type material studied in modern context

Remarks

Species status

Genus

Epithet

Amphiroa

beauvoisii

=

Lamouroux 1816: 299–300

Norris and Johansen 1981, Harvey et al. 2009

 

Distinct species

cryptarthrodia

Corallina verrucosa

Zanardini 1840: 136

Rosas-Alquicira et al. 2010

 

Distinct species

exilis

=

Harvey 1849: 95

  

Uncertain

fragilissima

Corallina fragilissima

Linnaeus 1758: 806

Weber-van Bosse 1904

 

Distinct species

rigida

=

Lamouroux 1816: 297

Norris and Johansen 1981

 

Distinct species

verruculosa

Amphiroa verrucosa

Kützing 1841: 18

Hamel and Lemoine 1953, Rosas-Alquicira et al. 2010

 

Synonym of A. cryptarthrodia

Chieilosporum

elegans

Amphiroa elegans

Hooker and Harvey 1849: 101

 

Generic disposition as Cheiolosporum certain

Uncertain

Corallina

deshayesii

=

Montagne 1846: 130

 

Designation/localization of the type material is required

Uncertain

elongata

=

Ellis and Solander 1786: 119

Irvine and Johansen 1994

 

Distinct species

granifera

=

Ellis and Solander 1786: 120

 

Designation/localization of the type material is required

Uncertain

lobata a

=

Lamouroux 1816v 286

Only a fragment of the holotype was studied (Garbary and Johansen 1982)

Generic disposition as Corallina certain

Uncertain

mediterranea

=

Areschoug in Agardh 1852: 568

 

Considered a synonym of C. elongata (Irvine and Johansen 1994), but without comparing both types

Uncertain

microptera a

=

Montagne 1846: 130

Only a fragment of the holotype was studied (Garbary and Johansen 1982)

Generic disposition as Corallina certain

Uncertain

millegrana a

=

Lamarck 1815: 233

Only a fragment of the holotype was studied (Garbary and Johansen 1982)

Generic disposition as Corallina certain

Uncertain

officinalis

=

Linnaeus 1758: 805

Irvine and Johansen 1944, Walker et al. 2009

 

Distinct species

Haliptilon

cubensis

Jania cubensis

Montagne in Kützing 1849: 709–710

Only a fragment of the holotype was studied (Garbary and Johansen 1982)

Generic disposition as Haliptilon certain

Uncertain

purpuratum a

Corallina purpurata

Lamarck 1815: 237

Only a fragment of the holotype was studied (Garbary and Johansen 1982)

Generic disposition as Haliptilon certain

Uncertain

squamatum

Corallina squamata

Linnaeus 1758: 806

Johansen et al. 1973, Irvine and Johansen 1994

No

Distinct species

virgatum

Corallina virgata

Zanardini 1844: 1025

Only a fragment of the type was studied (Garbary and Johansen 1982)

Generic disposition as Haliptilon certain

Uncertain

Jania

adhaerens

=

Lamouroux 1816: 270

  

Uncertain

capillacea

=

Harvey 1853: 84-85

  

Uncertain

crassa

=

Lamouroux 1821: 23, Johansen and Womersley 1944

 

Considered a synonym of Jania verrucosa (Johansen and Womersley 1944), but without comparing both types

Uncertain

intermedia

Corallina intermedia

Kützing 1858: 37–38,42

 

Designation/localization of the type material is required

Nomen nodum (Woelkerling and Nelson 2004)

longifurca

=

Zanardini 1844: 1025

 

Designation/localization of the type material is required

Uncertain

micrarthrodia

=

Lamouroux 1816: 271

Johansen and Womersley 1944

No

Distinct species

natalensis

=

Harvey 1849: 107

 

Considered a synonym of Jania verrucosa (Johansen and Womersley 1944), but without comparing both types

Uncertain

pumila

=

Lamouroux 1816: 269

 

Holotype in poor conditions being difficult to interpret (Johansen and Womersley 1944)

Uncertain

rubens var. corniculata

Corallina corniculata

Linnaeus 1758: 806

  

Uncertain

rubens var. rubens

Corallina rubens

Linnaeus 1758: 806

Irvine and Johansen 1944

 

Distinct species

tenella

Corallina tenella

Kützing 1858: 41

  

Uncertain

verrucosa

=

Lamouroux 1816: 270

 

Considered a distinct species of Jania (Johansen and Womersley 1944) but without studying its type

Uncertain

  1. aSpecies based on types from the Macaronesian region