Laurencia virgata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Laurencia virgata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852: 752-753
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.
Request PDFType Species
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 Laurencia glomerata (Kützing) Kützing.
Basionym
Chondria obtusa var. virgata C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: "in mari Australi"; (Silva & al. 1996: 512)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), twiggy, long and slender or streaked, rod-like (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 August 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 August 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
