Fucus brownii Turner 1819

Publication Details
Fucus brownii Turner 1819: 1-3, pl. 197

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.

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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 Cystophora brownii (Turner) J.Agardh.

Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1848). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen Primum. Algas fucoideas complectens. pp. [i-vi], [i]-viii, [1]-363. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

Type Information
Type locality: "On the western coast of New Holland. Mr. Menzies.—In King George's Sound, on the coast of New Holland Mr. Brown."; (Turner 1811-1819: 2) Lectotype: Robert Brown; BM; (Womersley 1987: 386) Notes: See Womersley (1964: 78) for information on the lectotype.

Eponomy
Named for Robert Brown (1773-1858), British collector, botanist and microscopist.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 23 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 August 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024

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