Saccharina fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze 1891
Current name:
Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze
Albany, Western Australia - 25 May 2011. John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Saccharina fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze 1891: 915
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 1 pp. i-clvi, 1-374. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.
Request PDFPublication date: 5 November 1891
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Petalonia fascia (O.F.Müller) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 3(3) pp. 1-576. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.
Basionym
Fucus fascia O.F.Müller
Type Information
Type locality: near Kristiansand, Norway; (Silva & al. 1996: 632) Notes: Womersley (1987: 292) gives the following data: Type from Christiansund, Norway; probably non-existent.
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), a bundle or band (Mathieson & Dawes 2017).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 January 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2024
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025
