Thamnocarpus cornutus (Turner) Kützing 1843

Publication Details
Thamnocarpus cornutus (Turner) Kützing 1843: 450, pl. 59, III

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 14-16 Sep 1843

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Thamnocarpus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Plocamium cornutum (Turner) Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
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.

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: 26 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025

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