Ptilota plumosa C.Agardh 1817
Publication Details
Ptilota plumosa C.Agardh 1817: 39
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.
Request PDFPublication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ptilota.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ptilota gunneri P.C.Silva, Maggs & L.M.Irvine.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C., Maggs, C.A. & Irvine, L.M. (1995). Proposal to change the listed type of Ptilota C. Agardh, nom. cons. (Rhodophyceae). Taxon 44: 415-418, 2 figs.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), feathery (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 17 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 October 2016
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Nomenclatural note
C. Agardh (1817), Lyngbye (1819) and later authors (see Silva et al. 1995) used Linnaeus’s Fucus plumosus as basionym (a later homonym of Fucus plumosus Hudson 1762). Ptilota plumosa C.Agardh should perhapsbe treated as a new name (Athanasiadis, 1996). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 October 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025
