Byssus lactea Linnaeus 1753
Publication Details
Byssus lactea Linnaeus 1753: 1169
Published in: Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol. 2 pp. [i], 561-1200, [1-30, index], [i, err.]. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Impensis Laurentii Salvii.
Publication date: 1 May 1753
Original description: 
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Byssus is Byssus jolithus Linnaeus.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), milk-coloured.
Created: 01 January 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 January 2021
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Nomenclatural note
Ross & Irvine (1967) note: "This species may have been seen live by Linnaeus, but the only specimen extant in his Herbarium [no. 1278. 19] is not the type since it is labelled only by Linnaeus's son." See Spencer et al. (2009: 240), who refer to this name as a nomen utique rejiciendum. - (01 January 2010) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2025
