Fucus confluens R.Brown ex Turner 1811
Current name: Carpoglossum confluens (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing
Publication Details
Fucus confluens R.Brown ex Turner 1811: 16, 17, pl. 141 (as 'Fucus confluens. Brown, MS.')
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 Carpoglossum confluens (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus.
Type Information
Type locality: "At Port Dalrymple, in New Holland. Mr. Brown." [Mouth of the Tamar Estuary, Tasmania]; (Turner 1809-1811: 16) Lectotype (designated by Womersley 1987: 408): BM; (Womersley 1987: 408)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), confluent, running together, blending into one (Stearn 1983).
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 12 April 2025
