Fucus purpureus Hudson 1762

Publication Details
Fucus purpureus Hudson 1762: 471

Published in: Hudson, [W.] (1762). Flora anglica; exhibens plantas per regnum angliae sponte crescentes, distributas secundum systema sexuale: cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, solo locorum, tempore florendi, ofììcinalibus pharmacopoeorum. pp. [i]-viii, [1- 8], 1-506, [1-22, ind.]. Londini [London]: Impensis auctoris: Prostant venales apud J. Nourse in the Strand, et C. Moran in Covent-Garden.

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Publication date: Jan-Jun 1762

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 Cystoclonium purpureum (Hudson) Batters.

Source of Synonymy
Batters, E.A.L. (1902). A catalogue of the British marine algae being a list of all the species of seaweeds known to occur on the shores of the British Islands, with the localities where they are found. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 40(Supplement): 1-107.

Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in saxis et rupibus marinis" [England]; (Hudson 1762: 471)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), purple (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 25 October 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 April 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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