Macrocystis luxurians (Hooker f. & Harvey) J.Agardh 1848
Publication Details
Macrocystis luxurians (Hooker f. & Harvey) J.Agardh 1848: 157
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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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
Papenfuss, G.F. (1964). Catalogue and bibliography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic benthic marine algae. In: Antarctic Research Series. Volume 1. Bibliography of the Antarctic Seas. (Lee, M.O. Eds), pp. 1-76. Washington D.C.: American Geophysical Union.
Basionym
Macrocystis pyrifera var. luxurians Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: "Varieties [epsilon] luxurians, and [zeta] membranacea. If any form of this genus deserves specific distinction it is surely
the noble one we have designated [epsilon]. luxurians; and yet permanent characters, distinguishing it from pyrifera, were
vainly sought in plants gathered on the shores of Berkeley Sound. Both there and at Cape Horn these two states inhabited deep and still waters, where, as might be expected, the Macrocystis would acquire its greatest development, where its substance would be most membranous, its stems most slender, and the vesicles broad with thin walls, and the base of the frond broadest. We have seen no specimens of these varieties except what were brought home by the Antarctic Expedition"; (Harvey & Hooker 1847: 461)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024
