Laurencia flagellifera J.Agardh 1852

Publication Details
Laurencia flagellifera J.Agardh 1852: 747

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 3, fasc. 1. pp. 701-786. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia is Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Palisada flagellifera (J.Agardh) K.W.Nam.

Source of Synonymy
Nam, K.W. (2007). Validation of the generic name Palisada (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta). Algae (The Korean Journal of Phycology) 22(2): 53-55, 1 table.

Type Information
Type locality: "ad oras Indiae orientalis" (India); (Silva & al. 1996: 510) Type: Herb. J. Agardh, LD; 36604-36606 (Nam 1999: 463) Notes: Fujii et al. (2006: 433) and Gil-Rodríguez et al. (2010: 32) cite the type locality as 'ad oras Indiae orientalis' (Indonesia).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 June 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 May 2010

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 May 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024

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