Plocamium procerum (C.Agardh) Suhr 1834
Current name: Plocamium mertensii (Greville) Harvey
Publication Details
Plocamium procerum (C.Agardh) Suhr 1834: 726
Published in: Suhr, J.N. von (1834). Übersicht der Algen, welche von Hrn. Ecklon an der südafrikanischen Küste gefunden worden sind. Flora 17(46, 47): 721-735, 737-743, pls I, II (figs. 1-21).
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 mertensii (Greville) Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: [i]-xiv, 1-1259.
Basionym
Delesseria plocamium var. procera C.Agardh
Type Information
TYpe locality: Ad litus occidentale Novae Hollandiae [Western Australia] & ad Caput Bonae Spei [Cape of Good Hope] : unde specimina dederunt Desfontaines & Gaudichaud.; (Agardh 1822: 181) Notes: A lectotype locality of Western Australia was first selected by J.Agardh (1841: 10-11).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), very tall, high (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 August 2015
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Nomenclatural note
Plocamium procerum (C. Agardh) Hooker & Harvey 1845: 542 (Womersley 1994: 383) - (23 July 2009) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 August 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 March 2025
