Fucus racemosus Forsskål 1775

Publication Details
Fucus racemosus Forsskål 1775: 191

Published in: Forsskål, P. (1775). Flora Aegyptiaca-Arabica sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabium delicem detexit illustravit Petrus Forskål. Prof. Haun. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. pp. [1]-32, [i]- xxxvi, ... [1]-219, [220, err.], map. Hauniæ [Copenhagen]: ex officina Mölleri.

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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 Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J.Agardh.

Type Information
Type locality: Suez, Egypt; (Silva & al. 1996: 832) Type: Herb. Forsskal, C; 845 (Belton et al. 2014: 50) Notes: Leg. P. Forsskål (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 65).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with flowers borne in racemes.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 March 2014

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Distributional note
Pantropical (Belton et al. 2014). - (27 March 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025

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