Fucus vittatus Linnaeus 1767

Gelidium vittatum (Linnaeus) Kützing

Current name: Gelidium vittatum (Linnaeus) Kützing
South Africa; epiphytic on stipe of Ecklonia maximaRobert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za)

Publication Details
Fucus vittatus Linnaeus 1767: 718

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus & differentiis. Tomus II. Editio duodecima, reformata. pp. 533-1327 [1328] [+ 1-36]. Homiae [Stockholm]: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.

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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 Gelidium vittatum (Linnaeus) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.

Type Information
Type locality: not specified; (Silva & al. 1996: 147)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 06 January 2021

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 October 2024

 
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