Laminaria radiata C.Agardh 1817

Current name: Ecklonia radiata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia - 03 December 2010. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Laminaria radiata C.Agardh 1817: xiii [13]

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

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

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ecklonia radiata (C.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
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.

Type Information
Type locality: "New Holland"; (Womersley 1987: 332) Holotype: John Hunter; LIV; (Womersley 1987: 332) Notes: According to Millar & Kraft (1994: 2, 25) "Illustrated by Dawson Turner (1809) as Fucus radiatus, the specimens were sent to him by Colonel Thomas Velley, who had in turn received them from the second Governor of New South Wales, John Hunter. Hunter, who held office from 1795 to 1800 and keenly collected around Port Jackson, Botany Bay and Broken Bay, also sent specimens of Conferva umbilicata [= Microdictyon umbilicatum (Velley) Zanardini] to England from Port Jackson (Turner 1809: 161; Millar and Kraft 1993)."

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), radiate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 04 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 July 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Agardh (1817: xiii) cited "T. t. 134" Fucus radiatus Turner, an illegitimate name. Treated as a new name, but with the Turner type. - (26 July 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 April 2025