Plocamium asplenoides (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux

Publication Details
Plocamium asplenoides (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

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 Ptilota asplenioides (Esper) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1822). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [v-vi], 169-398. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

Basionym
Fucus asplenioides Esper

Type Information
Type locality: Prince WIlliam Sound, Alaksa; Type: ?; (Yoshida 1998: 916) Notes: Collector: Archibald Menzies (INA). Lectotype: Esper 1804, pl. CXLVII: Fig. 1 (Bruce & Saunders, 2016: 38).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 14 October 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 December 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 March 2025