Fucus vesiculosus f. spiralis (Linnaeus) Batters, nom. illeg. 1890

Fucus spiralis Linnaeus

Current name: Fucus spiralis Linnaeus
Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland; upper-shore rock platforms. Plants to about 50 mm long - 25 March 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Fucus vesiculosus f. spiralis (Linnaeus) Batters, nom. illeg. 1890: 304

Published in: Batters, E.A.L. (1890). A list of marine algae of Berwick-on-Tweed. History of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 12: 221-392, pls VII-XI.

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 spiralis Linnaeus.

Basionym
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "in Oceano" [Atlantic Ocean]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1159) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.53 (Børgesen 1909: 119) Notes: "However, in Species Plantarum the diagnosis for F. spiralis is followed by several references to earlier publications, and Linnaeus quotes as a synonym an entity named as "Fucus spiralis maritimum major" in Edition 3 of the Synonpsis of John Ray (1724). The plants on which this entity is based are in Herb. Sherard at Oxford, and I have established that they are true F. spiralis as at present understood; these plants can be used as an acceptable basis for the species Fucus spiralis L." (Powell 1960: 17). Spencer, Irvine & Jarvis (2009: 251) have pointed out that Børgesen (1909: 119, pl. 9) had selected LINN Herb. Linn No. 1274.53

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), covered with little bladders or blisters (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 22 February 2014 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 23 January 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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