Macrocystis pyrifera var. humboldtii (Bonpland) Küzting 1849

Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh

Current name: Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
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Publication Details
Macrocystis pyrifera var. humboldtii (Bonpland) Küzting 1849: 583

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Macrocystis is Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.

Basionym
Fucus humboldtii Bonpland

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat ¡n Mari Pacifico, juxta urben Truxillo dictam" [Trujillo, Peru?]; (Humboldt & Bonpland 1809: 7)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), bearing pears (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 02 July 2001 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 27 July 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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