Fucus banksii Turner 1808

Hormosira banksii (Turner) Decaisne

Current name: Hormosira banksii (Turner) Decaisne
Kangaroo Island, South Australia - 20 October 2009. M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)

Publication Details
Fucus banksii Turner 1808: 1, pl. 1a-d

Published in: Turner, D. (1807-1808 '1808'). 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. I pp. [i, iii], [1]-164, [1]-2, pls 1-71 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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Publication date: Sep 1807-1 Jun 1808

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 Hormosira banksii (Turner) Decaisne.

Type Information
Type locality: New Holland Mr Menzies & Mr Brown [Australia]; (Turner 1807-1808: [2]) Type: BM-K; (Womersley 1987: 342)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 09 November 2008

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 November 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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