Plocamium flexuosum (Hooker & Harvey) Harvey 1849
Publication Details
Plocamium flexuosum (Hooker & Harvey) Harvey 1849: 124, pl. 43 (bottom right group of two figs: figs 1, 2
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 2]. pp. 65-124 [ends abruptly], pls XXVI-L. London: Reeve Brothers.
Request PDFPublication date: "before November 1849"
Type 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 leptophyllum Kützing.
Basionym
Plocamium coccineum var. flexuosum Hooker & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Tasmania; (INA 1996) Type: Mr Gunn (1335); (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), zigzag, bent alternately in opposite directions (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 May 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 July 2009
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
