Fucus ptilotus Gunnerus 1776

Publication Details
Fucus ptilotus Gunnerus 1776: 135, pl. II [2]: fig. 15

Published in: Gunnerus, J.E. (1776 '1772'). Flora norvegica, observationibus praesertim oeconomicis panosque norvegici locupletata. Pars posterior, cum iconibus. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-148, indices, pls I-IX. Hafnia [Copenhagen]: Impensis Frederici Christiani Pelt.

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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 Ptilota gunneri P.C.Silva, Maggs & L.M.Irvine.

Type Information
Type locality: Varanger peninsula, Norrway; (Gunnerus 1776: 1091) Notes: "Gunnerus referred to a specimen collected by Maximilian Hell who in 1769 observed the Venus passage at the Varanger peninsula and also collected plants there, but there is no specimen in Gunnerus’s herbarium referring to him, so it is safest to lectotypify the name on the illustration tab. II fig. 15 in the Flora, and to designate 1045.1 in his herbarium as epitype, the same specimen that C. Maggs annotated as lectotype in 1993." (Jørgensen 2012: 1091).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 April 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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