Fucus usnea R.Brown ex Turner 1811
Current name:
Hymenocladia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh
Hymenocladia usnea, Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia - 15 November 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Fucus usnea R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 70-71, pl. 225 (as 'Brown, M.S.S.')
Published in: Turner, D. (1811-1819 '1819'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. IV pp. [i, iii], [1]-153, [1-2], [1-7], pls 197-258 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.
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 Hymenocladia usnea (R.Brown ex Turner) J.Agardh.
Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, on the Coast of New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Kent Islands, Tasmania]; (Turner 1811-1819: 70) Holotype: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1996: 109)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025