Phacelocarpus peperocarpos (Poiret) M.J.Wynne, Ardré & P.C.Silva 1993

Publication Details
Phacelocarpus peperocarpos (Poiret) M.J.Wynne, Ardré & P.C.Silva 1993: 41, figs 1-6 (as 'pepricarpos')

Published in: Wynne, M.J., Ardré, F. & Silva, P.C. (1993). The identity of Fucus peperocarpos Poiret. Cryptogamie Algologie 14(1): 37-42, 6 figs.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Phacelocarpus is Phacelocarpus tortuosus Endlicher & Diesing.

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

Basionym
Fucus peperocarpos Poiret

Type Information
Type locality: "les côtes de l'Ile-de-France [Mauritius] ou de Madagascar. (V. s. in herb P. Th.)"; (Poiret 1808: 384) Lectotype (Tasmania; designated by Wynne & al. 1993: 38): CN; (Wynne & al. 1993: 38) Notes: "Circumstantial evidence suggests that the provenance of Poiret's collection was Australia rather than the Indian Ocean" Wynne & al. (1993). According to Womersley (1994: 402) the type is "...probably based on Labillardiere collections from SE Tasmania (the main region he visited within the known distribution of the species)."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Habitat
Mainly in deep water on rough-water coasts (Womersley 1994: 402).

Created: 19 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2021

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Taxonomic note
According to Womersley (1994: 402) three varieties of P. peperocarpos (as P. labillardieri) have been described: var. intermedius and var. macer by Harvey (1963, synop.: xxxii) and var. novae-zelandiae by Chapman (1979: 324, pl. 130). The types need further checking but the New Zealand variety is usually slenderer and has less common reproductive bodies than Australian specimens. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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