Fucus abies-marinus S.G.Gmelin 1768

Publication Details
Fucus abies-marinus S.G.Gmelin 1768: 83, pl. II [2] A: figs 1, 1a

Published in: Gmelin, S.G. (1768). Historia fucorum. pp. [i-xii], [i]-239, [i]-6 expl. tab., 35 pls [1A, IB, IIA, IIB, III-XXXIII]. Petropoli [St. Petersburg]: Ex typographia Academiae scientiarum.

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Publication date: p. xii: i Mai 1768

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 Gongolaria abies-marina (S.G.Gmelin) Kuntze.

Source of Synonymy
Kuntze, O. (1891). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 2 pp. 375-1011. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Mare mediterraneum et oceanus, Angliam"; (Gmelin 1768: 83) Notes: "Type: original illustration (Tab. II.A fig. 1) (Gmelin, 1768: 83)"; (Orellana, Hernández & Sansón 2019: 455 [9]).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), sea-fir.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 January 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 December 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024

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