Fucus lucidus R.Brown ex Turner 1811

Current name: Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)

Publication Details
Fucus lucidus R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 98, pl. 238

Published in: Turner, D. (1809-1811 '1811'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or colored figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. III pp. [i], [1]-148 , [1-2], pl. 135-196 (col. copp. by W.J. Hooker and others). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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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 Pterocladia lucida (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 1. pp. 337 [bis]-351 [bis] 352-506. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Type Information
Type locality: southern Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 145) Holotype: Brown; BM; (Womersley & Guiry 1994: 137) Notes: According to Womersley & Guiry (1994: 137) the type is from "S coast of N. Holl.".

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shining.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 24 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 April 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 April 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025