Plumaria filicina (J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891

Publication Details
Plumaria filicina (J.Agardh) Kuntze 1891: 911

Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Pars II. pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milano, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. A. Schechert, Charles Klincksierck.

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Publication date: 5 Nov 1891

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Plumaria is Plumaria elegans (Bonnemaison) F.Schmitz.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilota filicina J.Agardh.

Basionym
Ptilota filicina J.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: "In Oceano pacifico ad Insulam Vancouver" [Vancouver Island, Canada]; (Agardh 1876: 76) Type: LD?; (Yoshida 1998: 930) Notes: Despite the clear locality citation in J. Agardh, according to Dawson (1962: 75) the type consists of a collection by Capt. Pike, labeled "Ptilota californica var. concinna" in Herb. Harvey, Trinity College, Dublin and the type locality is Golden Gate [San Francisco], California. Agardh makes no mention of this collection in his protologue. Lectotype information: Specimen Ag. no. 20018 in Agardh's Herbarium in LD, collected from Vancouver Island (Bruce & Saunders, 2016: 43).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), fern-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 February 2014 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 06 February 2017

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