Laurencia paniculata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1852
Publication Details
Laurencia paniculata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, nom. illeg. 1852: 755
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 3, fasc. 1. pp. 701-786. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palisada thuyoides (Kützing) Cassano, Sentíes, Gil-Rodríguez & M.T.Fujii.
Source of Synonymy
Cassano, V., Díaz-Larrea, J., Sentíes, A., Oliveira, M.C., Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. & Fujii, M.T. (2009). Evidence for the conspecificity of Palisada papillosa with P. perforata (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean on the basis of morphological and molecular analyses. Phycologia 48(2): 86-100, 30 figs, 2 tables.
Basionym
Chondria obtusa var. paniculata C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Adriatic Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 511) Lectotype: LD, Herb. Agardh; 36711 (Womersley 2003: 485) Notes: Type from Trieste, Adriatic Sea (Womersley, 2003: 485). Boisset et al. (2000: 392) note that the specimen on the right (Agardh's Herbarium no. 36711)was designated as lectotype by Yamada (1931: 193) and not the left specimen, as erroneously indicated on the label in LD.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), paniculate.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 June 2016
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Nomenclatural note
For a discussion of the nomenclatural problems involving this combination, see note in Furnari et al. (1999: 44). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Taxonomic note
South & Skelton (2003: 739) cite this species as a synonym of Laurencia glandulifera (Kützing) Kützing 1849; see Furnari et al. (2016), who refute this. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 June 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025
