Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Postelsia

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Postelsia palmaeformis, the sea palm, was named after the Estonian geologist and artist who painted seaweeds from nature during the 1826-1829 round-the-world voyage on the vessel Seniavin. Illustration from F.J. Ruprecht, 1852: Neue oder .

Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht Gualala, Mendocino Co., California, USA; on left on surf-exposed rock with zone of mussels to right

Publication details
Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht 1852: 75, pl. VI, VIII (pro parte)

Original publication: Ruprecht, F.J. (1852). Neue oder unvöllstandig bekannte Pflanzen aus dem nördlichen Theile des Stillen Oceans. Mémoires de l’'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sixième Série, Sciences Naturelles 7: 55-82, 8 pls.
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Type species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Postelsia.

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

Origin of species name
Adjective B (Latin), palm forming or palm-shaped (based upon the Latin, palma (palm of the hand) & formis (forming).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Virginia palma-maris Areschoug 1853

General environment
This is a marine species.

Common names

(as Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht)
English: Sea Palm (Madlener 1977).

German: See-Palme (Braune 2008).

Distribution by country

Type information
Type locality: Bodega Bay [Sonoma Co., California, U.S.A.] (Ruprecht 1852: 75). Type: Wosnessenski; LE?

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht)
North America: British Columbia (Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003 , McDevit & Saunders 2010), California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1976, Scagel et al. 1989, Mondragon & Mondragon 2003 , Miller 2012), Oregon (Hansen 1997, Nielsen et al. 2006, Cho et al. 2006), Washington (Scagel et al. 1989).

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Lane, C.E. & Saunders, G.W. (2005). Molecular investigation reveals epi/endophytic extrageneric kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) gametophytes colonizing Lessoniopsis littoralis thalli. Botanica Marina 48: 426-436.

Lane, C.E., Mayes, C., Druehl, L.D. & Saunders, G.W. (2006). A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization. Journal of Phycology 42: 493-512.

Smith, G.M. (1944). Marine algae of the Monterey Peninsula. pp. i-ix, 1-622, 98 pls. Stanford: Stanford University Press.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Postelsia&species=palmaeformis

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Postelsia&Species=palmaeformis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 20 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 12689 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.)

Coyer, J.A., Olsen, J.L. & Stam, W.T. (1997). Genetic variability and spatial separation in the sea palm kelp Postelsia palmaeformis (Phaeophyceae) as assessed with M13 fingerprints and RAPDs. Journal of Phycology 33: 561-568, 4 figs, 1 table.
Dayton, P.K. (1973). Dispersion, dispersal, and persistence of the annual intertidal alga Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht. Ecology 54: 433-438.
Holbrook, N.M., Denny, M.W. & Koehl, M.A.R. (1991). Intertidal trees - consequences of aggregation on the mechanical and photosynthetic properties of Sea-palms Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 146(1): 39-67.
Lawrence, J.M. & McClintock, J.B. (1988). Allocations of organic material and energy to the holdfast, stipe, and fronds in Postelsia palmaeformis (Phaeophyta: Laminariales) on the California coast. Marine Biology, Berlin 99: 151-155.
Nielsen, K.J., Blanchette, C.A., Menge, B.A. & Lubchenco, J. (2006). Physiological snapshots reflect ecological performance of the sea palm, Postelsia palmaeformis (Phaeophyceae) across intertidal elevation and exposure gradients. Journal of Phycology 42: 548-559.
Paine, R.T. (1988). Habitat suitability and local population persistence of the sea palm Postelsia palmaeformis. Ecology 69: 1787-1794.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:87664