Pteronia pectinata (Hooker f. & Harvey) F.Schmitz 1897
Current name:
Picconiella pectinata (Hooker f. & Harvey) G.De Toni
Harvey, W.H. (1849). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic r
Publication Details
Pteronia pectinata (Hooker f. & Harvey) F.Schmitz 1897: 452
Published in: Schmitz, F. & Falkenberg, P. (1897). Rhodomelaceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtigeren Arten insbesondere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mitwirkung zahlreicher hervorragender Fachgelehrten, Teil 1, Abteilung 2. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds), pp. 421-480. Leipzig: verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Pteronia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Picconiella pectinata (Hooker f. & Harvey) G.De Toni.
Source of Synonymy
De Toni, G. (1936). Noterelle di nomenclatura algologica. VII. Primo elenco di Floridee omonime. pp. 8. Brescia: Privately published.
Basionym
Polysiphonia pectinata Hooker f. & Harvey
Type Information
Type locality: Cape Horn;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), pectinate, with narrow close-set divisions like a comb (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 10 October 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 October 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
