Fucus multipartitus Clemente 1807
Current name:
Gracilaria multipartita (Clemente) Harvey
below Marine Hotel, Salcombe, South Devon, U.K.Phil Smith
Publication Details
Fucus multipartitus Clemente 1807: 311
Published in: Clemente y Rubio, S.R. (1807). Ensayo sobre las variedades de la vid común que vegetan en Andalucía, con un índice etimológico y tres listas de plantas en que se caracterizan varias especies nuevas. pp. [i]-xviii + [1]-324, 1 plate. Madrid: Imprenta de Villalpando.
Publication date: 1 March 1807
Original description: 
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 Gracilaria multipartita (Clemente) Harvey.
Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1846). Phycologia britannica, or, a history of British sea-weeds: containing coloured figures, generic and specific characters, synonymes, and descriptions of all the species of algae inhabiting the shores of the British Islands. pp. Text with plates, pls I-LXXVIII. London: Reeve & Benham.
Type Information
Type locality: Andalusia; (Athanasiadis 1996: 64) Lectotype: MA; (Rodríguez-Prieto et al. 2016: 452) Notes: cir. Algeciras, Tarifa et Gades (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), divided into many parts (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
