Saccharina pallida (Greville) Kuntze 1891
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Laminariales
Family Laminariaceae
Genus Saccharina
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Namibia; plants drying for ultimate cosmetic use.
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Platboom, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; lower intertidal rock; 10.5 mm lens. 21 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; plants at low water. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; plants at low water. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, South Africa; plants at low water; polaroid filter. 05 Sep 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants on lower-shore rocks. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants on lower-shore rocks. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants on lower-shore rocks. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape; plants on lower-shore rocks; note suspended matter in the water. 06 Oct 2005. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
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Laminaria pallida Greville South Africa; young plants on drainpipe
© Robert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za)
Publication details
Saccharina pallida (Greville) Kuntze 1891: 915
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Pars I. pp. i-clvi, 1-374. Leipzig, London, Milano, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. A. Schechert, Charles Klincksierck. Download PDF
Publication date: 5 Nov 1891
Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laminaria pallida Greville
Basionym
Laminaria pallida Greville
Type information
Type locality: Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa (Silva & al. 1996: 641).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), pale, sallow, yellow-green, grey-green (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
No habitat entry has yet been made for this entity.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Created: 20 January 2006 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 30 September 2006 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 January 2021.