Fucus sherardii f. spiralis (Linnaeus) Areschoug 1868
Current name:
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus
South of Portugal, 2010 - 21 October 2011. Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus sherardii f. spiralis (Linnaeus) Areschoug 1868: 106 (as 'sherardi')
Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1868). Slägtena Fucus (L.) Decaisne et Thuret och Pycnophycus Kütz. hemte tillhörande arter. Botaniska Notiser 3: 99-115.
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 Fucus spiralis Linnaeus.
Source of Synonymy
Fletcher, R.L. (2024). Brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) of Britain and Ireland. pp. [i]-x, [1]–806. London: Pelagic Publishing & Natural History Museum.
Basionym
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus
Type Information
Type locality: "in Oceano" [Atlantic Ocean]; (Linnaeus 1753: 1159) Lectotype: LINN; 1274.53 (Børgesen 1909: 119) Notes: "However, in Species Plantarum the diagnosis for F. spiralis is followed by several references to earlier publications, and Linnaeus quotes as a synonym an entity named as "Fucus spiralis maritimum major" in Edition 3 of the Synonpsis of John Ray (1724). The plants on which this entity is based are in Herb. Sherard at Oxford, and I have established that they are true F. spiralis as at present understood; these plants can be used as an acceptable basis for the species Fucus spiralis L." (Powell 1960: 17). Spencer, Irvine & Jarvis (2009: 251) have pointed out that Børgesen (1909: 119, pl. 9) had selected LINN Herb. Linn No. 1274.53
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 June 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 October 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 October 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 December 2024
