Fucus bursa-pastoris S.G.Gmelin 1768
Current name:
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva
Ría de Arousa, Galicia, Spain, 2015Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Fucus bursa-pastoris S.G.Gmelin 1768: 121, pl. VIII [8]: fig. 3 (as 'bursa pastoris')
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 Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva.
Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1952). A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method. University of California Publications in Botany 25: 241-323.
Type Information
Type locality: Mediterranean Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 157) Lectotype: original illustration (S.G.Gmelin, 1768, pl. VIII, fig. 3), in the absence of specimens (epitype) (Dixon & Irvine 1977: 206)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shepherd’s purse.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 05 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 February 2017
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
