Fucus ligulatus Lightfoot, nom. illeg. 1777

Publication Details
Fucus ligulatus Lightfoot, nom. illeg. 1777: 946

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 Desmarestia ligulata (Stackhouse) J.V.Lamouroux.

Type Information
Type locality: Scotland; (Womersley 1987: 264) Type: Lightfoot’s illustration Notes: According ro Womersley (1987: 264), the type is from Scotland; lost? (Chapman 1972: 17). "In the Frith [presumably Firth] of Forth, about New-Haven, and other places, but not common" (INA).

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 07 April 2014

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 April 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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