Fucus rotundus Hudson 1762
Current name:
Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon
microscope transverse seccion, Costa da Morte, Galicia, Spain, 2009 - 01 January 0001. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus rotundus Hudson 1762: 471
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden.
Publication date: Jan-Jun 1762
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 Polyides rotunda (Hudson) Gaillon.
Type Information
Type locality: St Ives, Cornwall, England; (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 179) Lectotype: Hudson’s description based on herb. Sherard 1906, OXF (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 179) Notes: See also Drew (1958, pl. 61).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), almost circular, with length breadth ration of about 6 to 5 (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 August 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024