Fucus horneri Turner 1808

Publication Details
Fucus horneri Turner 1808: 34, pl. 17

Published in: Turner, D. (1807-1808 '1808'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. I pp. [i, iii], [1]-164, [1]-2, pls 1-71 (col. copp. W.J. Hooker). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.

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Publication date: Sep 1807-1 Jun 1808

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 Sargassum horneri (Turner) C.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1820 '1821'). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum. Pars prima. pp. [i-iv], [1]-168. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.

Type Information
Type locality: "In the Straits of Corea"; (Turner 1807-1808: 34) Lectotype: Fig. 7 A: Dr. Horner; BM-K; (Yoshida 1983: 116)

Eponomy
Named for "Dr Horner" who was astronomer and collecter aboard the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe (1803-1806), with the ships 'Nadeshda' [or Nadezhda] and 'Neva,' under the command of Capt. Adam von Krusenstern (Wynne 2009).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 August 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 18 March 2014

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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