Fucus viscidus Forsskål 1775

Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh

Current name: Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh
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Publication Details
Fucus viscidus Forsskål 1775: 193

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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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 Liagora viscida (Forsskål) C.Agardh.

Type Information
Neotype locality: Anse du Troc, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France; (Abbott 1990) Neotype: T. Christensen; June, 1954; C; (Abbott 1990) Notes: The original type locality was Constantinople [Istanbul], Turkey but the type specimen has been lost (Børgesen, 1932; Abbott 1990; Huisman, 2002) and a neotype has thus been selected.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), viscid (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 21 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 31 March 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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