Fucus peniculus R.Brown ex Turner 1819

Acetabularia peniculus (R.Brown ex Turner) Solms-Laubach

Current name: Acetabularia peniculus (R.Brown ex Turner) Solms-Laubach
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, AustraliaMichael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Fucus peniculus R.Brown ex Turner 1819: 77, pl. 228 (as 'Fucus Peniculus Brown M.S.S.')

Published in: Turner, D. (1811-1819 '1819'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. IV pp. [i, iii], [1]-153, [1-2], [1-7], pls 197-258 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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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 Acetabularia peniculus (R.Brown ex Turner) Solms-Laubach.

Type Information
Type locality: "King George's Sound" [Western Australia]; (Turner 1811-1819: 77, 78) Type: Mr Brown [Robert Brown]; BM; Herb. Turner Notes: Womersley (1984: 297) gives the type locality as “Nouvelle-Hollande, sur une vénus” which is clearly incorrect.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 28 July 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 July 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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