Musaefolia esculenta (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1809

Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville

Current name: Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; fertile sporophylls - 18 April 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Musaefolia esculenta (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1809: 53

Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Musaefolia.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville.

Basionym
Fucus esculentus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean; (Widdowson 1971: 31) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.63 (Widdowson 1971: 31)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), edible (Stearn 1973).

Created: 21 June 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 April 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 April 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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