Hemitrema elegans (Hering) M.S.Doty 1954

Publication Details
Hemitrema elegans (Hering) M.S.Doty 1954: 229

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Hemitrema is Hemitrema kraussii R.Brown ex Endlicher.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Martensia elegans Hering.

Basionym
Martensia elegans Hering

Type Information
Type locality: Port Natal [Durban, South Africa]; (Hering 1841: 92) Lectotype: Ferdinand Krauss; HBG; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 31) Notes: Papenfuss selected a female plant on mica as the Lectotype (Lipkin & Silva, 2002: 31). Lin et al. (2009: 679) give the following data: Lectotype: a cystocarpic plant at BM in the lower left-hand corner on a paper cutout containing six plants carrying the number N. 272 (lower right , barcode BM 000774894) on a herbarium sheet containing a collection referred to by Hering (1841: 92) "as the number prefixed to this species in Dr. Krauss's Fasciculi of Natal Secimens that were forwarded to the Botanical Society of London where they may be consulted on application" (Art.9.2, Vienna Code); Isotypes; the five other plants on the sheet labeled N. 272 (barcode BM 000774894) that contains the lectotype (Art. 9.10, Vienna code).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 10 March 2014 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024

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