Laurencia pinnatifida var. osmunda (Gmelin) Greville 1830
Current name:
Osmundea osmunda (S.G.Gmelin) K.W.Nam & Maggs
New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; plants at MLWN - 29 March 2002. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Laurencia pinnatifida var. osmunda (Gmelin) Greville 1830: 109
Published in: Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Request PDFPublication date: Feb.-March 1830
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Osmundea osmunda (S.G.Gmelin) K.W.Nam & Maggs.
Basionym
Fucus osmunda S.G.Gmelin
Type Information
Type locality: "Mare mediterraneum, Littora Angliae, praesertim Haruici on scopulis" [Harwich, Essex, England]; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: illustration in S.G.Gmelin (1768: 155, pl. 16, fig. 2) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pinnately cleft (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 December 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 December 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
