Desmarestia ligulata var. herbacea (Turner) J.Agardh 1848

Publication Details
Desmarestia ligulata var. herbacea (Turner) J.Agardh 1848: 169

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmarestia herbacea (Turner) J.V.Lamouroux.

Basionym
Fucus herbaceus Turner

Type Information
Type locality: USA: "on the North-west coast of America"; (Index Nominum Algarum) Type: Archibald Menzies; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: Type: BM 000562739; fig. 19 in Anderson 1985 (Yang et al. 2014: 162).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ligulate (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 February 2014 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 09 February 2014

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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