Fucus granulatus Linnaeus, nom. illeg. 1763

Publication Details
Fucus granulatus Linnaeus, nom. illeg. 1763: 1629

Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1763). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Editio secunda, aucta. pp. 785-1684, [1-64, Indices]. Homiae [Stockholm]: Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.

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Publication date: August 1763?

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 Gongolaria usneoides (Linnaeus) Molinari & Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Molinari-Novoa, E.A. & Guiry, M.D. (2020). Reinstatement of the genera Gongolaria Boehmer and Ericaria Stackhouse (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyceae). Notulae Algarum 172: 1-10, 2 figures.

Type Information
Type locality: habitat in Oceano Indico; (INA 1996) Lectotype (designated by Roberts, 1968: 264, pl. 5): LINN (Herb. Linn); 1274.11 (Spencer & al. 2009)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), granulate (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 September 2002 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 22 December 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: superfluous (Roberts, 1968: 259). - (04 October 2017) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025