Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus 1753

Publication Details
Fucus ceranoides Linnaeus 1753: 1158

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.

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Publication date: 1 May 1753

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Fucus is Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality locality: "Habitat in Oceano" (Atlantic Ocean); (Linnaeus 1753: 1158)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), ?like a wild parsnip.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 October 2024

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Irish note
Cotton (1912) includes a note on this entity. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Distributional note
Nielsen & Gunnarsson (2001: 92) record this species as being an excluded species for the Faroe Islands. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 February 2025

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