Fucus griffithsiae Turner 1808
Current name:
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius
Gymnogongrus giffithisiae, upper subtidal, Ría de Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, 2004, Ignacio Bárbara"
Igancio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus griffithsiae Turner 1808: 80, pl. 37
Published in: Turner, D. (1807-1808 '1808'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. I pp. [i, iii], [1]-164, [1]-2, pls 1-71 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.
Request PDFPublication date: Sep 1807-1 Jun 1808
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 Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius.
Source of Synonymy
Martius, C.F.P. von (1833). Flora brasiliensis, seu, enumeratio plantarum in Brasilia: tam sua sponte quam accedente cultura provenientium, quas in itinere auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis annis 1817-1820 peracto collegit, partim descripsit; alias a Maximiliano Seren. Principe Widensi, sellovio aliisque advectas addidit, communibus amicorum propriisque studiis secundum methodum naturalem dispositas et illustratas. Vol. I. Pars prior. Algae, lichenes, hepaticae exposuerunt Martius. Eschweilfr [sic]. Nees ab Esenbeck. pp. [i]-iv, [1]-390. Stuttgartiae & Tubingae [Stuttgart & Tübingen]: sumptibus J.G. Cottae.
Type Information
Type locality: Chit Rocks, Sidmouth, Devon, England; (Turner 1802: pl. 37) Lectotype: BM-K; (Turner 1802: pl. 37) Notes: Devon (probably near Chit Rock, Sidmouth (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 219).
Eponomy
Named for Amelia Warren Griffiths (1768-1858), collector from Torquay, Devon, England.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 28 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 04 March 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
