Desmarestia dudresnayi J.V.Lamouroux ex Léman 1819

Publication Details
Desmarestia dudresnayi J.V.Lamouroux ex Léman 1819: 105 (as 'Desmarestia Dudresnay, Lamx.')

Published in: Lem. [Léman, D.S.] (1819). Desmarestia. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 13: 104-106.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Desmarestia is Desmarestia aculeata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Description
Original description "Fronde plane, membraneuse, foliacée, très-large, légèrement pédiculée , divisée dès l'origine en trois frondules lancéolées, très-longues, pointues, traversées dans le milieu par une nervure longitudinale d'où partent un grand nombre de veines transversales opposées , simples , rarement bifurquées à l'extrémité; bord des frondules sinueux , ondulé, marqué de dentelures écartées qui se changent quelquefois en petites feuilles de même forme que les frondules."

Roughly: Frond flat, membranous, leafy, very broad, slightly pedunculated, divided from the outset into three frondules lanceolate, very long, pointed, crossed in the middle a longitudinal rib from which a large number of transverse veins opposite, simple, rarely forked at tip board frondules sinuous, wavy, marked serrations apart that sometimes small changes sheets of the same form as frondules.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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