Fucus clavifer Turner 1807
Publication Details
Fucus clavifer Turner 1807: 126, pl. 57
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.
Request PDFPublication 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 Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Papenfuss, G.F. & Egerod, L.E. (1957). Notes on South African marine Chlorophyceae. Phytomorphology 7: 82-93.
Type Information
Type locality: Red Sea; (Silva & al. 1996: 833)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 October 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 January 2021
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Taxonomic note
According to Belton et al. (2014: 50), F. clavifer Turner is illegitimate being a later homonym of F. clavifer Forrskal 1775. [The latter is not cited in INA]. They consider F. clavifer Turner, nom. illeg. and F. uvifer Turner, nom. illeg. to be synonyms of Caulerpa racemosa. - (01 April 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 January 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025
