Callithamnion efflorescens J.Agardh 1851
Publication Details
Callithamnion efflorescens J.Agardh 1851: 15
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Grania efflorescens (J.Agardh) Kylin.
Source of Synonymy
Kylin, H. (1944). Die Rhodophyceen der Schwedischen westküste. Acta Universitatis lundensis 40(2): 1-104.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad litora sinus Codani in Fuco purpurascenti parasitica"; (Agardh 1851: 15) Type: LD; Agardh No. 35129 Notes: Athansiadis (1966: 21) mentions Kullaberg as the type locality. Kullaberg is a nature reserve situated on a peninsula of land protruding into the Kattegat in Höganäs Municipality near the town of Mölle in southwest Sweden. Sinus Codanus is generally regarded as the area of the Kattegat.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
