Macrocystis angustifolia Bory 1826
Current name:
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh
Kommetjie, Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa; float bladders at bases of fronds - 06 October 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Macrocystis angustifolia Bory 1826: 9 (as 'angustifolius')
Published in: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1826). Macrocyste, Macrocystis. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 10, pp. 8-10. Paris:
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Macrocystis is Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Demes, K.W, Graham, M.H. & Suskiewicz, T.S. (2009). Phenotypic plasticity reconciles incongruous molecular and morphological taxonomies: the giant kelp, Macrocystis (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae), is a monospecific genus (note). Journal of Phycology 45(6): 1266-1269.
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Labillardière nous a enrichi de celte espèce qu'il a recueillie à la Nouvelle-Hollande; nous l'avons aussi reçue de Valparaiso" ; (Bory de Saint-Vincent 1826: 9) Lectotype (Storm Bay, Tasmania, see Ducker 1979: 20; designated by Womersley 1967: 247; Storm Bay, Tasmania): Labillardière; PC; herb. Bory (Womersley 1967: 20) Notes: "In the protologue of Macrocystis angustifolia, Bory de Saint-Vincent cited a collection from "Nouvelle Hollande" by Labillardiere, a botanist on the D'Entrecasteaux expedition, and a collection of unstated source from Valparaiso, Chile. Womersley (1967: 247) designated the Labillardiere specimen (in PC) as the lectotype, which, according to Ducker (l.c. ), came from Storm Bay, Tasmania, one of only two landfalls made by the D'Entrecasteaux expedition, the other being Esperance Bay in Western Australia." (Silva & al. 1996: 641). Macrocystis does not occur in Western Australia.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), narrow-leaved (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 February 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024
