Plocamium procerum var. mertensii (Greville) Harvey 1862

Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey

Current name: Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey
Kangaroo Island, South Australia - 20 October 2009. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Plocamium procerum var. mertensii (Greville) Harvey 1862: expl. pl. CCXXIII [223]: fig. 2

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1862). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 4. pp. viii, Plates CLXXXI-CCXL. London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Plocamium is Plocamium vulgare J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey.

Basionym
Thamnophora mertensii Greville

Type Information
Type locality: ad Novam Hollandiam; (Silva & al. 1996: 342) Lectotype: Fraser; Herb. Greville, E; (Womersley 1994: 385)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), very tall, high (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 February 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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