Ralfsia fungiformis (Gunnerus) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924

Ralfsia fungiformis (Gunnerus) Setchell & N.L.Gardner

Current name: Ralfsia fungiformis (Gunnerus) Setchell & N.L.Gardner
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Publication Details
Ralfsia fungiformis (Gunnerus) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1924: 11

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

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ralfsia is Ralfsia deusta (C.Agardh) Berkeley.

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

Basionym
Fucus fungiformis Gunnerus

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in Islandia" [Iceland]; (Gunnerus 1776: 1091) Epitype: Helgi Jonsson; Iceland, Kolbeinsø, 1897; UPS; (Jørgensen 2012: 1091) Notes: "Gunnerus had no specimens, only citing Bauhin’s Pinax and Oeder’s treatment in Flora Danica 3(7), with tab. 420, which is the holotype. The Koenig specimen from Iceland which this is based on, has not been traced, so I here designate another Icelandic specimen as an epitype." (Jørgensen 2012: 1091)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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