Fucus quercifolius R.Brown ex Turner 1809
Current name:
Platythalia quercifolia (R.Brown ex Turner) Sonder
Rottnest Island, Western Australia.John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au)
Publication Details
Fucus quercifolius R.Brown ex Turner 1809: 37, 38, pl. 151
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 Platythalia quercifolia (R.Brown ex Turner) Sonder.
Source of Synonymy
Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3(4): 49-57.
Type Information
Type locality: "On the south coast of New Holland. Mr. Brown." [probably King George Sound, Western Australia]; (Turner 1809-1811: 38) Holotype: BM; (Womersley 1987: 404) Notes: See Womersley (1967: 256).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 January 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 December 2024
