Scytosiphon foeniculaceus (Hudson) C.Agardh 1811
Publication Details
Scytosiphon foeniculaceus (Hudson) C.Agardh 1811: 25
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1811). Dispositio algarum Sueciae, quam publico examini subjiciunt Carl Adolph Agardh... & Johannes Bruzelius, Scanus. Die xi decembris mdcccxi. p. ii. h. & l.s. pp. Pars 2: [i], 17-26. Lundae: Litteris Berlingianis.
Request PDFPublication date: 11 Dec 1811
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Scytosiphon is Scytosiphon filum var. lomentaria (Lyngbye) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dictyosiphon foeniculaceus (Hudson) Greville.
Source of Synonymy
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British islands, belonging to the order Algae; with plates illustrative of the genera. pp. [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. Edinburgh & London: McLachlan & Stewart; Baldwin & Cradock.
Basionym
Conferva foeniculacea Hudson
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat in rupibus maritimis in Mona Insula, Dill." [Anglesey, Wales]; (Hudson 1762: 479) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Athanasiadis 2021: 48, 756): Dillenius (1742, pl. 2: fig. 8), cited by Hudson. However, a physical type is likely to exist at OXF.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling fennel.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 13 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 09 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
