Fucus baccifer Turner 1802
Publication Details
Fucus baccifer Turner 1802: 55 (as 'bacciferus')
Published in: Turner, D. (1802). A synopsis of the British Fuci 2 vols in one. pp. [i]-xlvi, [i]-189; [192]-400. London: Sold by J. White, Fleet-Street; and T. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row (Printed by F. Bush, Yarmouth.).
Request PDFPublication date: May 1802
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 Sargassum natans (Linnaeus) Gaillon.
Source of Synonymy
Børgesen, F. (1914). The species of Sargassum found along the coasts of the Danish West Indies with remarks upon the floating forms of the Sargasso Sea. In: Mindeskrift i Anledning af Hundredaaret for Japetus Steenstrups Fødsel. (Jungersen, H.F.E. & Warming, E. Eds) Vol. Art. XXXII, pp. 1-20. København: Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri.
Type Information
Falmouth, England; (Turner 1802: 56) Type: Amongst the rejectamenta of the sea; (Turner 1802: 56)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 January 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 January 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025
