Fucus forsteri Mertens ex Turner 1809

Laurencia forsteri (Mertens ex Turner) Greville

Current name: Laurencia forsteri (Mertens ex Turner) Greville
Shoalwater Bay, south of Perth, Western Australia; on seagrass leaves - 04 August 2016. John Huisman (J.Huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Fucus forsteri Mertens ex Turner 1809: 15, 16, pl. 77

Published in: Turner, D. (1808-1809 '1809'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. II pp. [i], [1]-164, [1-2], pls 72-134 (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 Laurencia forsteri (Mertens ex Turner) Greville.

Type Information
Type locality: "New Zealand. Sir C. P. Thunberg.—Coast of New Holland, parasitical upon other Fuci. Mr. Menzies."; (Turner 1808-1809: 16) Lectotype: Mr Menzies; BM; (Womersley 2003: 462) Notes: Lectotype selected by Saito & Womersley (1974: 824).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 May 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 May 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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