Fucus abrotanifolius Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1161. 1753.

"Habitat in mari Anglico." RCN: 8289, 8353.

Lectotype (Roberts in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 60: 252. 1968): Löfling s.n., Herb. Linn. No. 1274.95 (LINN) .

Current name: Cystoseira foeniculacea (L.) Grev. ( Cystoseiraceae).

Note: Turner (in Fuci 4: 134. 1819) cited F. abrotanifolius as a variety of F. foeniculaceus L. Goodenough & Woodward (in Trans. Linn. Soc. 3: 127. 1797) noted Löfling’s specimen in LINN.