Fucus mackayi Turner 1808

Ascophyllum nodosum f. mackayi (Turner) A.C.Mathieson & Dawes

Current name: Ascophyllum nodosum f. mackayi (Turner) A.C.Mathieson & Dawes
Kilmackilloge Harbour near Lauragh, Co. Kerry, Ireland - 01 May 2012. Robert Wilkes (R.Wilkes@epa.ie)

Publication Details
Fucus mackayi Turner 1808: 116, pl. 52 (as 'Mackaii')

Published in: Turner, D. (1807-1808 '1808'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. I pp. [i, iii], [1]-164, [1]-2, pls 1-71 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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Publication date: Sep 1807-1 Jun 1808

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ascophyllum nodosum f. mackayi (Turner) A.C.Mathieson & Dawes.

Type Information
Type locality: Connemara, Galway, Ireland; (Athanasiadis 1996: 228) Type: BM?; Notes: A more precise locality is unkown. Connemara comprises much of the western part of County Galway (M.D. Guiry, 25 January 2003).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 June 2023

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Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 June 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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