Gigartina coronopifolia (Goodenough & Woodward) S.F.Gray 1821
Publication Details
Gigartina coronopifolia (Goodenough & Woodward) S.F.Gray 1821: 372 (as 'Gigartinus coronopifolia')
Published in: Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British plants, according to their relations to each other, as pointed out by Jussieu, De Candolle, Brown, &c. including those cultivated for use; with an introduction to botany, in which the terms newly introduced are explained; illustrated by figures. pp. vol. 1: [i]-xxviii, [1]- 824, pls I-XXI plates. London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, Paternoster-Row.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Nov. 1821
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gigartina is Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse.
Basionym
Fucus coronopifolius Goodenough & Woodward
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitat in rupibus fubmarinis Dorsetiae, Devoniae et Cornubiae." [Dorset, Devon and Cornwall England]; (Goodenough & Woodward 1797: 185) Notes: "That the plant now described is the Fucus coronopi facie of R. Syn. has been ascertained from the examination of Buddie's Hortus Siccus, where the original specimen gathered by Mr. Stevens on the coast; of Cornwall is preserved. We have also received specimens from the fame coast, correfponding exactly with that above mentioned."
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), with leaves like Coronopus, a weedy flowering plant.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 June 2020
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 June 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
