Fucus pistillatus S.G.Gmelin 1768
Current name:
Gigartina pistillata (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse
microscopio, Ría de A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2006, developing cystocarpIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
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.
Request PDFPublication 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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Nomenclatural note
Wolfen (1803: 56) erroneously lists this taxon as "Fucus pistillaris". - (16 November 2022) - M.D. Guiry
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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 01 April 2025
