Hesperophycus harveyanus (Decaisne) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1910

Publication Details
Hesperophycus harveyanus (Decaisne) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1910: 127

Published in: Gardner, N.L. (1910). Variations in nuclear extrusion among the Fucaceae. University of California Publications in Botany 4(6): 121-136, pls 16, 17.

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Publication date: "august 26, 1910"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hesperophycus is Hesperophycus californicus P.C.Silva.

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.

Basionym
Fucus harveyanus Decaisne

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 April 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 October 2024

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Nomenclatural note
See Silva (1990) for a history of of the basionym. 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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