Fucus lometarius (Lyngbye) Sommerfelt 1826
Current name:
Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link
Cape Beale, Barkley Sound, British Columbia, Canada.Coastal Imageworks (colinba@interchange.ubc.ca)
Publication Details
Fucus lometarius (Lyngbye) Sommerfelt 1826: 184
Published in: Sommerfelt, C. (1826). Supplementum Florae lapponicae quam edidit Dr. Georgius Wahlenberg auctore. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-xii, [1]-331, [332, err.], 3 pls. Christianiae [Oslo]: typis Borgianis et Gröndahlianis.
Publication date: March 1826
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 Scytosiphon lomentaria (Lyngbye) Link.
Source of Synonymy
Link, H.F. (1833). Handbuch zur Erkennung der nutzbarsten und am häufigsten vorkommenden Gewächse. Dritter Theil. pp. i-xviii, 1-536. Berlin: Haude & Spener.
Basionym
Chorda lomentaria Lyngbye
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Habitat in infimo refluxus limite ad littora Faeroensia, ut a Qvivig, copiosa. Ad Hammerhuus Bornholmiae" [Quivig, Faeroe Islands and Bornholm, Denmark]; (Lyngbye 1819: 74) Lectotype (designated by Womersley, 1987: 295, Faroe Islands).: C; (Womersley 1987: 295)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024