Fucus bifurcatus Velley, nom. illeg. 1792

Publication Details
Fucus bifurcatus Velley, nom. illeg. 1792: 257; pl. 17: fig. 1

Published in: Withering, W. (1792). A botanical arrangement of British plants; including the uses of each species, in medicine, diet, rural economy, and the arts. With an easy introduction to the study of botany, &c. &c. Illustrated by copper plates. The Second edition. Including a new set of references to figures, partly by the author, and partly by Jonathan Stokes, M.D. Vol. III.. Vol. 3, part 2 pp. [i-xxiv] 1- 503, pls XIII-XIX. Birmingham: Printed by Swinney & Walker; for G.G.J. & J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, and J. Robson, New Bond-Street, London; J. Balfour, and G. Elliot, Edinburgh.

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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 Bifurcaria bifurcata R.Ross.

Type Information
England: Cornwall: St. Ives.;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), bifurcate.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 October 2019

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 October 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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