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Fucus cartilagineus Forsskål, nom. illeg. 1775

Publication Details
Fucus cartilagineus Forsskål, nom. illeg. 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 Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cartilaginous, flexible but firm and tough (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 09 July 2016

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Fucus cartilagineus Linnaeus, 1753. - (09 July 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025

 
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