Pikea pinnata Setchell 1899

Publication Details
Pikea pinnata Setchell 1899: no. 648

Published in: Collins, F.S., Holden, I. & Setchell, W.A. (1899). Phycotheca boreali-americana. A collection of dried specimens of the algae of North America. Vol. Fasc. XII-XIII, Nos. 551-650. Malden, Massachusetts.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pikea is Pikea californica Harvey.

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

Type Information
Type locality: Fort Point, San Francisco, California, U.S.A; Type: Setchell; 18.ii.1898; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with leaflets arranged on each side of a common petiole.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 September 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 October 2023

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Taxonomic note
Silva (1979: 318): %u201CA form from Fort Point with long, delicate, and regularly pinnate ultimate branchlets has been described as a segregate species, Pikea pinnata Setchell.%u201D The latter was included in the synonymy of P. californica by Lindstrom & Scagel (1987) but maintained as a separate taxon by Maggs & Ward (1996) and Boo & al. (2016). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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