Fucus usnea R.Brown ex Turner 1811

Publication Details
Fucus usnea R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 70-71, pl. 225 (as 'Brown, M.S.S.')

Published in: Turner, D. (1811-1819 '1819'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. IV pp. [i, iii], [1]-153, [1-2], [1-7], pls 197-258 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). 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 Hymenocladia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, on the Coast of New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Kent Islands, Tasmania]; (Turner 1811-1819: 70) Holotype: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1996: 109)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 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 03 July 2025

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