Physocaulon nodosum (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843
Current name:
Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis
Claddagh, Co. Galway - 01 January 0001. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Physocaulon nodosum (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843: 352
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Physocaulon.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis.
Basionym
Fucus nodosus Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: Habitat in Mari Atlantico [Atlantic Ocean]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1159) Notes: On-line view of an unlocalised specimen LINN 1274.58 in the Linnean Herbarium labelled "9" as in the protologue. Athanasiadis (1996: 217) indicated that no type has been designated.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), knotted, knobbly (Stearn 1973).
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 March 2013
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 March 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024