Ptilota filicina J.Agardh 1876

Publication Details
Ptilota filicina J.Agardh 1876: 76

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.

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Publication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ptilota is Ptilota plumosa C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: "In Oceano pacifico ad Insulam Vancouver" [Vancouver Island, Canada]; (Agardh 1876: 76) Type: LD?; (Yoshida 1998: 930) Notes: Despite the clear locality citation in J. Agardh, according to Dawson (1962: 75) the type consists of a collection by Capt. Pike, labeled "Ptilota californica var. concinna" in Herb. Harvey, Trinity College, Dublin and the type locality is Golden Gate [San Francisco], California. Agardh makes no mention of this collection in his protologue. Lectotype information: Specimen Ag. no. 20018 in Agardh's Herbarium in LD, collected from Vancouver Island (Bruce & Saunders, 2016: 43).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fern-like (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 December 2020

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Nomenclatural note
J. Agardh makes no mention of Ptilota plumosa var. filicina Farlow, often assumes to be the basionym, in his protologue; thus the name should be solely ascribed to J. Agardh. - (27 March 2013) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat notes
Shallow subtidal and low intertidal; epiphytic on Cystoseira (Augyte & Shaughnessy, 2014). - (05 December 2014) - G.M. Guiry
on rocks, predominantly in the low intertidal zone at exposed sites with a few specimens from mid-intertidal and subtidal habitats (Bruce & Saunders, 2016: 44). - (06 February 2017) - G.M. Guiry
Intertidal zone (Selivanova & Zhigadlova 2009). - (10 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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