Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813

Publication Details
Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux 1813: 130

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des Thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293, plates 7-13.

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Publication date: 1813

Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Laurencia.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Fucus obtusus Hudson

Type Information
Type locality: Southern England (Hastings, Sussex; Devon; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 38) Lectotype: BM-K, ex Herb. Hudson; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 398) Notes: Undated, unlocalized Maggs & Hommersand (1993:308).

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 31 March 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 March 2021

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