Fucus foliifer Forsskål 1775

Publication Details
Fucus foliifer Forsskål 1775: 191, pl. 8: fig. 3

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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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 Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen.

Type Information
Type locality: Mokha, Yemen; (Silva & al. 1996: 168) Notes: Lectotype: C (Børgesen, 1932, fig. 1; Guiry & Freamhainn, 1985).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), leaf-bearing (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 October 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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