Fucus chondrophyllus R.Brown ex Turner 1819

Publication Details
Fucus chondrophyllus R.Brown ex Turner 1819: pl. 222 (as 'Fucus chondrophyllus. Brown, m.s.s.')

Published in: Turner, D. (1811-1819 '1819'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. IV pp. [i, iii], [1]-153, [1-2], [1-7], pls 197-258 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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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 Xiphophora chondrophylla (R.Brown ex Turner) Montagne ex Harvey.

Source of Synonymy
Harvey, W.H. (1855). Algae. In: The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839-1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross.... II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. (Hooker, J.D. Eds), pp. 211-266. London: Reeve.

Type Information
Type locality: "At Port Dalrymple, on the coast of NewHolland. Mr. Brown" [Tasmania]; (Turner 1811-1819: pl. 222) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 345)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 February 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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