Fucus articulatus (Hudson) Lightfoot, nom. illeg. 1777

Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye

Current name: Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye
microscope, TS frond showing hollow medulla and gland cells; Spain, Galicia, Lugo, San ciprián, 2006Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)

Publication Details
Fucus articulatus (Hudson) Lightfoot, nom. illeg. 1777: 959

Published in: Lightfoot, J. (1777). Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. pp. 545-1151 [1-24], pls 1-35. London: printed for B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street.

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Publication date: October 1777

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 Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye.

Basionym
Ulva articulata Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Cornwall, England; (Silva & al. 1996: 350) Lectotype: original description (Hudson, 1772) in the absence of material (Dixon & Irvine 1977)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), articulated, jointed (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 August 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 November 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 November 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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