Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht

Illustrations:

Sporophyte: Abbott and Hollenberg 1976, p. 250, fig. 203 (habit); Myers 1925, pl. 8, fig. 7 (initial stage); Scagel 1967, p. 143, fig. 57 (habit); Setchell and Gardner 1925, pl. 69 (photo: habit). Gametophytes: Myers 1925, pl. 8, figs. 1–6 (female and male), pl. 9b (photo: female)

Pacific Coast Distribution:

Hope I., British Columbia (Scagel 1957, p. 105) to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. (Setchell and Gardner 1925, p. 625)

Molecular Taxonomy:

Boo et al. 1999; Saunders and Druehl 1993a; Saunders and Druehl 1993b; Druehl and Saunders 1992; Saunders and Druehl 1992a

Evolution:

Druehl and Saunders 1992; Saunders and Druehl 1992b; Estes and Steinberg 1988

Life History:

alternation of heteromorphic phases, with a macroscopic sporophyte and dioecious microscopic gametophytes (Myers 1925)

Phenology:

sporophytes reproductive sooner in the south (March) than in the north (May)

Chromosomes:

Lewis 1995

Genetics:

Coyer et al. 1997; Saunders and Druehl 1993a

Biology/Ecology:

Blanchette 1996; Holbrook et al. 1991; Lüning 1990; Foster et al. 1988, p. 7; Lüning and Freshwater 1988, p. 312; Paine 1988; Leigh et al. 1987; Dayton 1985, p. 220; Sousa 1985, p. 122; Steinberg 1985; Sousa et al. 1981, p. 305; Paine 1979; Paine 1979; Paine 1974, p. 117; Dayton 1973; Dayton 1973; Druehl 1970, p. 241; Druehl 1969, p. 164; Paine and Vadas 1969b, p. 80; Widdowson 1965b, p. 1428; Scagel 1963, p. 48; Scagel 1961, p. 528; Rigg and Miller 1949; Doty 1946, p. 326.

Epiphytes:

Ectocarpus commensalis, Microcladia borealis, Pilayella gardneri, Porphyra gardneri

Ultrastructure:

Henry and Cole 1982a, p. 551; Henry 1980, p. 9

Physiology:

Wing and Patterson 1993; Lawrence and McClintock 1988

Chemistry:

Khotimchenko et al. 2002; Van Alstyne et al. 1999; Ragan and Glombitza 1986, p. 189; Sanders 1979, p. 97

Economic Applications:

Kalvass 1994; Druehl and Boal 1981, p. 578; Mumford 1980, p. 15