Fucus decurrens R.Brown ex Turner 1811
Current name:
Sargassopsis decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) Trevisan
Cassini Island, north Kimberley, Western Australia - 25 May 2011. John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Fucus decurrens R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 142, pl. 194
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 Sargassopsis decurrens (R.Brown ex Turner) Trevisan.
Type Information
Type locality: "North shores of New Holland"; (Womersley 1954: 344) Type: BM; (Womersley 1987: 421)
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), running down, e.g. a leaf prolonged beyond the point of insertion and running down the stem.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 December 2012
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 December 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024