Fucus punctatus Stackhouse 1796
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Chromista
Phylum Ochrophyta
Class Phaeophyceae
Subclass Fucophycidae
Order Fucales
Family Fucaceae
Genus Fucus
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South of Portugal, 2010. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope, tetrasporangial sorus; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Vigo, 2007. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope, tetrasporangial sorus; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Vigo, 2007. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
microscope, tetrasporangial sorus; Spain, Galicia, Ría de Vigo, 2007. Ignacio Bárbara. © Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es).
New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; lower intertidal plants with tetrasporangia. 28 Mar 1994. Michael Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
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Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville Silver Strand, Galway Bay, Ireland; tetrasporangial plants
© M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication details
Fucus punctatus Stackhouse in Withering 1796: 405
Published in: Withering, W. (1796). An arrangement of British plants; according to the latest improvements of the Linnaean system. To which is prefixed, an easy introduction to the study of botany. Illustrated by copper plates. The third edition, in four volumes. Vol. IV pp. [i-iii], [i]-418 [p. 418 in some copies err. numbered 420], pls XVII, XVIII, XXXI [sic]. Birmingham & London: Printed for the Author, by M. Swinney; Sold by C.G. & J. Robinson [etc.].
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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 Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville
Type information
Type locality: Weymouth, Dorset, England (Withering 1796: 405).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), dotted, marked with dots, spots, minute glands, etc. (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
No distributions recorded
No distributional records for this taxon have been recorded by AlgaeBase to date. Generally, recent national lists or extensive regional or state lists have been employed to give a general indication of distribution.
Source of current name
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Created: 09 December 2001 by Sandy Lawson
Verified by: 12 March 2014 by M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2021.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 February 2021.
