Fucus harveyanus Decaisne 1864

Publication Details
Fucus harveyanus Decaisne 1864: 9, pl. 4

Published in: Decaisne, J. (1864). Botanique. Plantae cellulares. In: Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate L Vénus comandée par Abel du Petit-Thouars. Vol. 9. (Anon. Eds), pp. [1]–54. Paris: Librairie de Sciences Naturelles et des arts Illustrés. Théodore Morgand, editeur.

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 Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1990). Hesperophycus Setchell & Gardner, nom. cons. prop., a problematic name applied to a distinctive genus of Fucaceae (Phaeophyceae). Taxon 39: 1-8, 3 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: Spetsbergen; (Athanasiadis 1996: 228)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 October 2024

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Nomenclatural note
This name appeared in Harvey (1851: 70, as Fucus Harveyanus, Dne. ined.) "I forbear to describe this species..." [forbear means here that he wishes to desist]. See Silva (1990) for a history of this name. While the type at PC is representative of the N. Atlantic F. ceranoides, records from the Pacific coast of N. America are referable to Hesperophycus californicus P.C.Silva. - (18 October 2024) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025

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