Postelsia palmiformis Ruprecht 1852
Current name:
Postelsia palmiformis Ruprecht
Gualala, Mendocino Co., California, USA; on left on surf-exposed rock with zone of mussels to right - 14 July 2007. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Postelsia palmiformis Ruprecht 1852: 75, pls VI [6], VIII [8, pro parte] (as 'palmaeformis')
Published in: Ruprecht, F.J. (1852). Neue oder unvöllstandig bekannte Pflanzen aus dem nördlichen Theile des Stillen Oceans. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, Sixième Série, Sciences Naturelles 7: 55-82, 8 pls.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Postelsia.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Bodega Bay [Sonoma Co., California, U.S.A.]; (Ruprecht 1852: 75) Type: Wosnessenski; LE?;
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 January 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 December 2024
