Desmarestia munda Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924

Publication Details
Desmarestia munda Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924: 7

Published in: Setchell, W.A. & Gardner, N.L. (1924). Phycological contributions, VII. University of California Publications in Botany 13: 1-13.

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Publication date: "Issued October 27, 1924"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia herbacea (Turner) J.V.Lamouroux.

Source of Synonymy
Yang, E.C., Peters, A.F., Kawai, H., Stern, R., Hanyuda, T., Bárbara, I., Müller, D.G., Strittmatter, M., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Küpper, F.C. (2014). Ligulate Desmarestia (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyceae) revisited: D. japonica sp. nov. and D. dudresnayi differ from D. ligulata. Journal of Phycology 50(1): 149-166.

Type Information
Type locality: USA: (Puget Sound, Washington to San Pedro, California); (INA 1996) Lectotype (fide Silva in A.R.O. Chapman): UC; 809472 (pBA LXXIa) (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 July 2023

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Taxonomic notes
Yang et al. (2014: 162) consider this to be a synonym of D. herbacea. - (08 April 2014) - G.M. Guiry
Included in synonymy with Desmarestia ligulata by Abbott & Hollenberg (1979: 222), but, according to Silva (1979: 336), “...the argument offered in support of this treatment is not convincing.” - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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