Fucus vestitus R.Brown ex Turner 1811
Current name:
Sargassum vestitum (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh
Kangaroo Island, South Australia - 20 October 2009. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucus vestitus R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 101, 102, pl. 177 (as 'Fucus vestitus. Brown, MSS.')
Published in: Turner, D. (1809-1811 '1811'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or colored figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. III pp. [i], [1]-148 , [1-2], pl. 135-196 (col. copp. by W.J. Hooker and others). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.
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 Sargassum vestitum (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh.
Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands near New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Kent Islands, Bass Strait, Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 102) Holotype or Lectotype: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1987: 434)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 23 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 May 2024