Fucus Linnaeus 1753 (brown algae)

Phaeophyceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Phaeophyceae according to M. Linklater 2016

See also Knowlton 1919

Sister taxa: Chordites, Ectocarpales, Fucales, Laminariales, Limnophycus, Staurofucus, Permopadina, Ectocarpus, Algites

Subtaxa: Fucus abrotanifolius Fucus acinarius Fucus barbatus Fucus cartilagineus Fucus concatenatus Fucus digitatus Fucus divaricatus Fucus elongatus Fucus excisus Fucus fastigiatus Fucus filum Fucus foeniculaceus Fucus inflatus Fucus lignitum Fucus muscoides Fucus natans Fucus nodosus Fucus palmatus Fucus pavonicus Fucus rubens Fucus saccharinus Fucus seranoides Fucus serratus Fucus siliquosus Fucus spiralis Fucus tendo Fucus turbinatus Fucus vesiculosus

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Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Fucus in the database

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