Fucus lacerus Linnaeus 1763
Publication Details
Fucus lacerus Linnaeus 1763: 1627
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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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 Chondrus crispus Stackhouse.
Source of Synonymy
Stackhouse, J. (1802 '1801'). Nereis britannica; continens species omnes fucorum in insulis britannicis crescentium: descriptione latine et anglico, necnon iconibus ad vivum depictis... Fasc. 3. pp. xxv-xl, 71-112, 1-4, 1-3, pls XIII-XVII, A-G. Bathoniae [Bath] & Londini [London]: S. Hazard; J. White.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 21 November 2005 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 January 2017
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Nomenclatural notes
Stackhouse (1802: xxxvi) "The Examination of the LINNEAN Herbarium has enabled me to correct an error. The Plant delineated and defcribcd by me under this Title is one of the sportive varieties of F. crispus [i.e., Chondrus crispus]." - (20 January 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Spencer et al. (2009: 249): "This name potentially threatens Chondrus crispus, Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackh.) Guiry or Phyllophora pseudoceranoides (S.G. Gmelin) Newroth & A.R.A. Taylor and may, therefore, be a candidate for rejection (Art. 56.1)." The name has not been formally typified by Spencer et al. (2009: 249), although Stackhouse's somewhat ambiguous comment perhaps constitutes a lectotypification. - (20 January 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 April 2025
