Saccharina pallida (Greville) Kuntze 1891
Current name:
Laminaria pallida Greville
South AfricaRobert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za)
Publication Details
Saccharina pallida (Greville) Kuntze 1891: 915
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 1 pp. i-clvi, 1-374. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.
Publication date: 5 November 1891
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Saccharina is Saccharina plana Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Laminaria pallida Greville.
Basionym
Laminaria pallida Greville
Type Information
Type locality: "Hab. in Sinu tabulari ad C. b. Spei, (Hb. Greville! Pappe!)" [Table Bay, Cape Province, South Africa]; (Agardh 1848: 134) Notes: Type in LD?
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pale, sallow, yellow-green, grey-green (Smith & Lockwood 1933).
Created: 20 January 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 September 2006
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 September 2006. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 November 2024