Plocamium cartilagineum var. uncinatum (C.Agardh) Guiry ex Benhissoune & al. 2002

Publication Details
Plocamium cartilagineum var. uncinatum (C.Agardh) Guiry ex Benhissoune & al. 2002: 404, 408

Published in: Benhissoune, S., Boudouresque, C.-F., Perret-Boudouresque, M. & Verlaque, M. (2002). A checklist of the seaweeds of the Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts of Morocco. III. Rhodophyceae (Excluding Ceramiales). Botanica Marina 45: 391-412.

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 Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) P.S.Dixon.

Source of Synonymy
Cremades, J., Barreiro, R., Maneiro, I. & Saunders, G.W. (2011). A new taxonomic interpretation of the type of Plocamium cartilagineum (Plocamiales, Florideophyceae) and its consequences. European Journal of Phycology 46(2): 125-142.

Basionym
Delesseria plocamium var. uncinata C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Ad litora Armoricae [Brittany]; Bonnemaison.; (Agardh 1822: 181) Type: Herb. Agardh, LD; 27915 (Cremades et al. 2011: 131)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cartilaginous, flexible but firm and tough (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 18 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 August 2021

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Nomenclatural note
Combination published in September 2002; a later isonym was published by Wynne (2002: 350) in November 2002. - (30 June 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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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