Fucus abrotanifolius Linnaeus 1753
Publication Details
Fucus abrotanifolius Linnaeus 1753: 1161
Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
Publication date: 1 May 1753
Original description: 
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 Cystoseira foeniculacea (Linnaeus) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
Gómez Garreta, A., Barcelo i Martí, M.C., Ribera Siguán, M.A. & Rull Lluch, J. (2001). Cystoseira C. Agardh. In: Flora Phycologica Iberica Vol. 1 Fucales. (Gómez Garreta, A. Eds) Vol.1, pp. 99-166. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with leaves resembling the finely cut foliage of southerwood Artemesia abrotanum (Neal 1993).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 11 July 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 November 2024
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Taxonomic note
Athanasiadis (1996) lists this entity as synonym of Cystoseira foeniculacea (Linnaeus) Greville. Specimens of this entity determined by various authors are likely to be Cystoseira compressa (Garreta et al., 2002: 122). - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 31 May 2025
