Fucus herbaceus Hudson, nom. inval. 1778
Publication Details
Fucus herbaceus Hudson, nom. inval. 1778: 252
Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1778). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum Britanniæ sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, officinalibus pharmacopæorum. Tomus II. Editio altera, emendata et aucta.. pp. [i], 335-690. Londini [London]: impensis auctoris: prostant venales apud J. Nourse, in the Strand.
Request PDFType 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.
Source of Synonymy
Fletcher, R.L. (2024). Brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i]-x, [1]–806. London: Pelagic Publishing & Natural History Museum.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), herbaceous, not woody.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 15 August 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 October 2024
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: not accepted by the author. M.J. Wynne points out (e-mail, August 2006): "Turner, who based his material on a collection made by Menzies on the northwest coast of America, is often thought to have made an illegitimate name because of Hudson's (1778) Fucus herbaceus, described from Hastings in Sussex. MICH Library has that Hudson work (1778), and I can confirm what Paul Silva's INA card states, that Fucus herbaceus Huds. is on page 582, BUT on page 662, Hudson placed his own [unpublished] name in synonymy with Fucus ligulatus Lightfoot (1777). Silva's INA card states that F. herbaceus Hudson was "not validly published". So that would mean that Turner's name F. herbaceus was not an illegitimate name after all, that the authorship of Demarestia herbacea is (Turner) J.V. Lamouroux. Lamouroux did base it on the Pacific North American specimen of Turner (a Menzies collection), not a European specimen. - (15 August 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 April 2025
