Fucus paniculatus Turner 1811
Current name: Acrocarpia paniculata (Turner) Areschoug
Publication Details
Fucus paniculatus Turner 1811: 100, pl. 176
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 Acrocarpia paniculata (Turner) Areschoug.
Source of Synonymy
Areschoug, J.E. (1854). Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, series 3 1: 329-372.
Type Information
Type locality: "At Kent's Islands, near New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 100) Type: Robert Brown; BM; (Womersley 1987: 362)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), paniculate.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 09 June 2000 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 February 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 January 2025
