Plocamium coccineum f. uncinatum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852
Publication Details
Plocamium coccineum f. uncinatum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1852: 396
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W. & Lehmkuhl, K.V. (2005). Molecular divergence and morphological diversity among four cryptic species of Plocamium (Plocamiales, Florideophyceae) in northern Europe. European Journal of Phycology 40: 293-312.
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), deep red, from scarlet to carmine and crimson (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 13 August 2021
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Taxonomic note
Trinomial also proposed by Batters 1890, Hist. Berwickshire Nturalist' Club 12: 338, with the same Basionym. (See INA) - (28 October 2024) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda
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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
