Postelsia palmiformis Ruprecht 1852
Current name:
Postelsia palmiformis Ruprecht
Gualala, Mendocino Co., California, USA; mature plants - 14 July 2007. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Postelsia palmiformis Ruprecht 1852: 75, pls VI [6], VIII [8, pro parte] (as 'palmaeformis')
Published in: Ruprecht, F.J. (1852). Neue oder unvöllstandig bekannte Pflanzen aus dem nördlichen Theile des Stillen Oceans. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sixième Série, Sciences Naturelles 7: 55-82, 8 pls.
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Postelsia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Bodega Bay [Sonoma Co., California, U.S.A.]; (Ruprecht 1852: 75) Type: Wosnessenski; LE?;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 January 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 December 2024