Gigartina pistillata (S.G. Gmel.) Stackh.

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part F), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 516-528 : 524

Fucus gigartinus Linnaeus , Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1344. 1759.

RCN: 8275, 8355.

Neotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): Herb. Linn. No. 1274.102 ( LINN) .

Current name: Gigartina pistillata (S.G. Gmel.) Stackh. ( Gigartinaceae ).

Note: The specific epithet was spelled “gigantinus” in the protologue, subsequently corrected by Linnaeus in Syst. Nat. ed. 12 (1767).