Carpoglossum quercifolium (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1848
Current name:
Platythalia quercifolia (R.Brown ex Turner) Sonder
Rottnest Island, Western AustraliaJ.M. Huisman
Publication Details
Carpoglossum quercifolium (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh 1848: 193-194
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.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Carpoglossum is Carpoglossum confluens (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Platythalia quercifolia (R.Brown ex Turner) Sonder.
Basionym
Fucus quercifolius R.Brown ex Turner
Type Information
Type locality: "On the south coast of New Holland. Mr. Brown." [probably King George Sound, Western Australia]; (Turner 1809-1811: 38) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 404) Notes: See Womersley (1967: 256).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 September 2012
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 September 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
