Phasgonon esculentum (Linnaeus) S.F.Gray 1821

Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville

Current name: Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville
Spiddal, Co. Galway, Ireland; fertile sporophylls; dark areas are zoosporangial sori - 18 April 2003. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Phasgonon esculentum (Linnaeus) S.F.Gray 1821: 385

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.

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Publication date: 1 Nov. 1821

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville.

Basionym
Fucus esculentus Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: Atlantic Ocean; (Widdowson 1971: 31) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.63 (Widdowson 1971: 31)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), edible (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 28 January 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 January 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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