Fucus zosteroides Turner 1819
Publication Details
Fucus zosteroides Turner 1819: 83, pl. 231
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.
Request PDFType 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 Carpodesmia zosteroides (C.Agardh) 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.
Type Information
Notes: Herb. Ellis (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling the genus Zostera, a sea-grass.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 03 March 2003 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 July 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 July 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
