Laurencia tenuissima (Withering) Greville 1830
Publication Details
Laurencia tenuissima (Withering) Greville 1830: lii
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 Chondria capillaris (Hudson) M.J.Wynne.
Basionym
Fucus tenuissimus Withering
Type Information
Syntype localities: "On the Southern coasts, near Christ Church Hants. At Weymouth. Near Margate. Summer."; (Withering 1796: 117) Lectotype: BM; (Gordon-Mills 1987: 238) Notes: Gordon-Mills (1987:238) effective lectotypified this name with a specimen in BM annotated "The Lookout" Weymouth, Dorset, England, collected by Samuel Goodenough. Gordon-Mills used the term "Holotype" on p. 238 but also on the same page says "accepted as the type...".
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very fine (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 02 April 2018 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 April 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
