Plocamium coccineum Lyngbye, nom. illeg. 1819
Publication Details
Plocamium coccineum Lyngbye, nom. illeg. 1819: 39, pl. 9
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Request PDFType 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 Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), deep red, from scarlet to carmine and crimson (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 August 2021
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Nomenclatural note
As Fucus coccineus Hudson is an illegitimate name, Plocamium coccineum can be treated as a new name, but is also illegitimate as it included Plocamium vulgare J.V.Lamouroux in synonymy. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 August 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2025
