Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Subkingdom Chromobiota
Infrakingdom Heterokonta
Phylum Heterokontophycophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Macrocystis
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Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa; young holdfast. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa; float bladders at bases of fronds. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa; 10.5 mm lens. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa; circular polarizer. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; lagoon at low water. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry.
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Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants in lower-shore lagoon
Publication details
Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent 1826: 9 ('angustifolius')
Original publication: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1826). Macrocyste. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 10, pp. 8-10. Paris:
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Macrocystis is Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), narrow-leaved (Neal 1993).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Type information
Lectotype locality: Storm Bay, Tasmania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 641). Lectotype: La Billardière; herb. Bory, PC. Notes: Silva et al. (1996) recommend consulting Ducker (1979b: 20) for more information on the lectotype location of this species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent)
Central America: México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2008).
Africa: South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Stegenga, Bolton & Anderson 1997).
Australia and New Zealand: Lord Howe Island (Lewis 1985), South Australia (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000), Tasmania (Huisman 2000), Victoria (Womersley 1987, Huisman 2000).
Source of synonymy
Demes, K.W, Graham, M.H. & Suskiewicz, T.S. (2009). Phenotypic plasticity reconciles incongruous molecular and morphological taxonomies: the giant kelp, Macrocystis (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae), is a monospecific genus (note). Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1266-1269.
Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.
Macaya, E.C. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2010). DNA barcoding and genetic divergence in the giant kelp Macrocystis (Laminariales). Journal of Phycology 46(4): 736-742.
Pedroche, P.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar Rosas, R. (2008). Catálogo de las algas benthónicas del Pacífico de México II. Phaeophycota. pp. [i-viii], i-vi, 15-146. Mexicali & Berkeley: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and University of California Berkeley.
Womersley, H. B. S. (1953). The species of Macrocystis with special references to those on Southern Australian Coasts. Proceedings of the International Seaweed Symposium 1: 30-33.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1954). The species of Macrocystis with special reference to those of southern Australian coasts. University of California Publications in Botany 27: 109-132, Plates 1-8, map.
Womersley, H.B.S. (1987). The marine benthic flora of southern Australia. Part II. pp. 481, 169 figs, 1 table, 8 plates, 4 maps. Adelaide: South Australian Government Printing Division.
SAG Cultures
No records have been found on the SAG site.
NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 05 August 2010 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 6770 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Coon, D. (1981). Studies of whole plant growth in Macrocystis angustifolia. Botanica Marina 24: 19-27.
Haxen, P.G. & Lewis, O.A.M. (1981). Nitrate assimilation in the marine kelp, Macrocystis angustifolia (Phaeophyceae). Botanica Marina 24: 631-635.
Kuga, V.A. & Neushul, M. (1980). The ontogeny of an abnormal specimen of Macrocystis angustifolia Bory (Phaeophyta) (Note). Phycologia 19: 334-337, 6 figs, 1 table.
Tugwell, S. & Branch, G.M. (1989). Differential polyphenolic distribution among tissues in the kelps Ecklonia maxima, Laminaria pallida and Macrocystis angustifolia in relation to plant-defense theory. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 129: 219-230.
