Fucus pistillatus S.G.Gmelin 1768

Publication Details
Fucus pistillatus S.G.Gmelin 1768: 159, pl. 18: fig. 1

Published in: Gmelin, S.G. (1768). Historia fucorum. pp. [i-xii], [i]-239, [i]-6 expl. tab., 35 pls [1A, IB, IIA, IIB, III-XXXIII]. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Ex typographia Academiae scientiarum.

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Publication date: p. xii: i Mai 1768

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 Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse.

Source of Synonymy
Stackhouse, J. (1809). Tentamen marino-cryptogamicum, ordinem novum; in genera et species distributum, in Classe XXIVta Linnaei sistens. Mémoires de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou 2: [50]-97.

Type Information
Type locality: Doubtful; sent by Sandifort from the Netherlands (The Hague); (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 239) Lectotype: original illustration in the absence of material (S.G. Gmelin, 1768, pl. xviii, fig. 1) (epitype) (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 239) Notes: Only known from drift plants (Stegenga et al. 1997).

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

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 03 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024

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