Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey 1849

Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey

Current name: Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey
Buffels Bay, Cape Peninsula Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa; on rocks at low water; with tip damage - 07 October 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey 1849: (1847-1849): 123

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.

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Publication date: "before November 1849"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Plocamium is Plocamium vulgare J.V.Lamouroux.

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

Basionym
Fucus cornutus Turner

Type Information
Type locality: Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; (Turner 1811-1819: 152) Type: Mr Burchell; BM?;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horned.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 25 April 2015

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 April 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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