Padina commersonii Bory 1828

Publication Details
Padina commersonii Bory 1828: 144 (as 'Commersonii')

Published in: Bory de St. Vincent, J.B. (1828). Botanique, Cryptogamie. In: Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. (Duperrey, L.I. Eds), pp. 97-200. Paris: Bertrand.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Padina is Padina pavonica (Linnaeus) Thivy.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Padina boryana Thivy.

Type Information
Type locality: 'Île aux Tonneliers, pres de l'Île de France' [Mauritius]; (Womersley 1958: 150) Holotype: PC; (Womersley 1958: 150) Notes: Type was collected by the Coquille Expedition between 1822 and 1825. According to Womersley (1958: 15), the three specimens figured by Bory are mounted on a single sheet in the Bory Herbarium.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 March 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024

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