Abrotanifolia barbata Stackhouse 1809
Current name:
Gongolaria barbata (Stackhouse) Kuntze
Voudia Bay, Milos Island, Greece, May 2011, 2 m deep. - 17 July 2011. Kostas Tsiamis
Publication Details
Abrotanifolia barbata Stackhouse 1809: 81
Published in: Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Abrotanifolia is Abrotanifolia loeflingii Stackhouse.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gongolaria barbata (Stackhouse) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 172: 1-10, 2 figures.
Type Information
Type locality: [No type locality specified]; (Stackhouse 1809: 81) Notes: While no type locality is driectly specified, Stackhouse refers to his Ner. Brit. t. 14, Fucus barbatus "Hab. Devonshire: and S. W . Coast" which could be selected as lectotype. Fucus barbatus Stackhouse is left centre with a portion of a fertile branch.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bearded.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 22 December 2020
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Nomenclatural note
Roberts (1968: 257-258) gave reasons for considering Fucus barbatus Goodenough & Woodward a new species rather than a redescription of F. barbatus Linnaeus (1753: 1161; type locality: 'Oceano'), even though she thought that the two names apply to the same species. When F. barbatus Goodenough & Woodward is interpreted as a later homonym, it is not priorable, and Abrotanifolia barbata Stackhouse, intended to be a new combination, is treated as a new name in accordance with Art. 58.3 (Silva, Basson & Moe 1966). - (01 April 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
