Fucus filicinus Hudson
Publication details
Fucus filicinus Hudson 1762: 473
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden.
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Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), fern-like (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
Taxonomic notes
Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis ? (Dixon, 1959: 348). - (3 Oct 2014) - Wendy Guiry
General environment
This is a marine species.
Type information
Type locality: "Habitat in littore Lancastriensi sed rarius" (Silva 1996-to date). Notes: Hudson specimen in Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew but this cannot be regarded as a holotype (Dixon, 1959).
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Key references
Dixon, P.S. (1959). Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Florideae. I. Botaniska Notiser 112: 339-352.
Created: 13 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 31 January 2016 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2018.
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