Plumaria densa (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1891
Current name:
Ptilota densa C.Agardh
Lost Coast, Humboldt County, California, USA; Low intertidal in pools - 02 July 2007. Courtnay Janiak (theseaweedknot@hotmail.com)
Publication Details
Plumaria densa (C.Agardh) Kuntze 1891: 911
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. 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 (holotype) of the genus Plumaria is Plumaria elegans (Bonnemaison) F.Schmitz.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Neoptilota densa (C.Agardh) Kylin ex I.A.Abbott & Hollenberg.
Source of Synonymy
Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.
Basionym
Ptilota densa C.Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: Ad caput bon. sp. Spec. ded. Desfontaines. Com. de Sternberg; (Agardh 1822: 387) Lectotype: LD; Ag. no. 20101 (Bruce & Saunders 2016 '2017': 40) Notes: Although listed as being from the Cape of Good Hope, the type is more like to have been collected from the Monterey Peninsula, California. Dawson (1962: 74) notes that the type is a specimen marked "e coll. Haenkiana", so Agardh's entry clearly was an error. Tadeá Haenke (1761-1816) came to the west coast of North America with the Malaspina expedition in 1791. His collections were one of the first large botanical collections from the area. He made his mark exploring North and, especially, South America, the Philippines, and the Mariana Islands; he visited the Monterey Peninsula around 1792.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dense (Stearn 1983).
Created: 17 August 2008 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 August 2008
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 August 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 April 2025
