Fucus peperocarpos Poiret 1808

Phacelocarpus peperocarpos (Poiret) M.J.Wynne, Ardré & P.C.Silva

Current name: Phacelocarpus peperocarpos (Poiret) M.J.Wynne, Ardré & P.C.Silva
Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia - 15 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Fucus peperocarpos Poiret 1808: 384 (as 'pepricarpos')

Published in: Poiret, J.L.M. (1808). Varec. Fucus. In: Encyclopédie méthodique. Botanique. (Lamarck, [J.B. de] Eds) Vol. 8, pp. 340-409. Paris: Chez H. Agasse, Imprimeur-Libraire, rue des Poitevins, no. 6.

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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 Phacelocarpus peperocarpos (Poiret) M.J.Wynne, Ardré & P.C.Silva.

Type Information
Type locality: "les côtes de l'Ile-de-France [Mauritius] ou de Madagascar. (V. s. in herb P. Th.)"; (Poiret 1808: 384) Lectotype (Tasmania; designated by Wynne & al. 1993: 38): CN; (Wynne & al. 1993: 38) Notes: "Circumstantial evidence suggests that the provenance of Poiret's collection was Australia rather than the Indian Ocean" Wynne & al. (1993). According to Womersley (1994: 402) the type is "...probably based on Labillardiere collections from SE Tasmania (the main region he visited within the known distribution of the species)."

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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