Fucus potatorum Labillardière 1807

Publication Details
Fucus potatorum Labillardière 1807: 112, pl. 257

Published in: Labillardière, J.-J. (1807). Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen Tomus secundus [parts 25, 26; pls 241-260]. . Parisiis [Paris]: ex typographiá Dominae Huzard.

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Publication date: early August 1807

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 Durvillaea potatorum (Labillardière) J.E.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: "Habitat ad capitis Van-Diemen littora." [Tasmania]; (Labillardière 1807: 112) Type: FI; (Womersley 1987: 339)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 June 2000 by Fabio Rindi.

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 27 December 2024

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