Fucus ruscifolius Turner 1802

Current name: Apoglossum ruscifolium (Turner) J.Agardh
recolectada en la zona Sabana-Camagüey; a. hábito; b. detalle de una lámina. Foto: Mayrene Guimarais.

Publication Details
Fucus ruscifolius Turner 1802: 127, pl. VIII: figs 1, 2

Published in: Turner, D. (1802). Descriptions of four new species of Fucus. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 6: 125-136, pls VIII-X.

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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 Apoglossum ruscifolium (Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1898). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Voluminis Tertii, Pars Tertia. De dispositione Delesseriearum curae posteriores. pp. i-vii, 1-239. Lundae [Lund]: apud C.W.K. Gleerup.

Type Information
Holotype locality: "Inter rejectamenta maris apud Yarmouth in Norfolcia. Perennis: Floret Januarlo Februario." [Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, amongst the rejectamenta of the sea. Perennial, flowering in January and February]; (Turner 1802: 127) Lectotype: BM-K; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 203)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 February 2013

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Nomenclatural note
1802: 11 ? - (15 February 2013) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 May 2025