Fucus lendigerus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1160. 1753.

"Habitat ad insulam Adscensionis. Osbeck." RCN: 8280, 8306.

Lectotype (Irvine in Spencer & al. in Taxon, in press): Herb. Linn. No. 1274.18 (LINN; iso- BM-000563637) .

Current name: Sargassum lendigerum (L.) C. Agardh ( Sargassaceae).

Note: See Hansen & Fox Maule (in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 67: 207. 1973) for comments on Osbeck material.