Acrocarpus crinalis (Turner) Kützing 1843

Gelidium crinale (Hare ex Turner) Gaillon

Current name: Gelidium crinale (Hare ex Turner) Gaillon
Cape Peron, Western Australia; scale - 1 mmJ.M. Huisman

Publication Details
Acrocarpus crinalis (Turner) Kützing 1843: 405

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
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gelidium crinale (Hare ex Turner) Gaillon.

Basionym
Fucus crinalis Hare ex Turner

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 140) Lectotype (provisional): R. Hare; BM ex K; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 140) Notes: Dawson (1953: 64) notes holotype is not designated but may be considered to be a specimen without locality data from the Turner Herbarium, now in Kew, England. It is annotated "This is Turner's idea of G. crinale and may be taken as the type. f. W.A.S." An isotype fragment of this specimen is on sheet 55234 in HAHF. Silva et al. (1996: 137) note that Fucus crinalis was lectotypified by Dawson (1953: 64), who, however cited "Rocks at Kilmouth, Cornwall, England" as the provenance of the lectotype specimen and that the error was corrected by Dixon & L. Irvine (1977a: 140).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of the hair (Smith & Lockwood 1933).

Created: 12 June 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 June 2009

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