Fucus repens Lightfoot 1777
Publication Details
Fucus repens Lightfoot 1777: 961
Published in: Lightfoot, J. (1777). Flora scotica: or, a systematic arrangement, in the Linnaean method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides. Vol. II. pp. 545-1151 [1-24], pls 1-35. London: printed for B. White at Horace's Head, in Fleet-Street.
Request PDFPublication date: October 1777
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 Catenella caespitosa (Withering) L.M.Irvine.
Type Information
Type locality: Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; (Silva & al. 1996: 281)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), creeping, prostrate and rooting (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 08 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2021
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
