Fucus woodwardia R.Brown ex Turner 1811
Current name:
Dictyopteris woodwardia (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh
Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Fucus woodwardia R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 53, 54, pl. 158
Published in: Turner, D. (1809-1811 '1811'). Fuci sive plantarum fucorum generi a botanicis ascriptarum icones descriptiones et historia. Fuci, or colored figures and descriptions of the plants referrred by botanists to the genus Fucus. Vol. III pp. [i], [1]-148 , [1-2], pl. 135-196 (col. copp. by W.J. Hooker and others). Londini [London]: typis J. M'Creery, impensis J. et A. Arch.
Request PDFType 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 Dictyopteris woodwardia (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.
Type Information
Type locality: "On the North coast of New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Australia]; (Turner 1809-1811: 54) Syntypes: Mr [Robert] Brown; no date indicated; no habitat data; BM; 0000562816, 000562817 (Huisman & Phillips 2015: 198)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 07 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
