Callithamnion thuioides (Smith) C.Agardh 1828
Current name:
Compsothamnion thuioides (Smith) F.Schmitz
microscope, Spain, Galicia, Lugo, Peinzás, 2006; cystocarpIgnacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Callithamnion thuioides (Smith) C.Agardh 1828: 172
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1828). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Voluminis secundi. Sectio prior. pp. [i]-lxxvi, [i]-189. Gryphiae [Greifswald]: sumptibus Ernesti Mauriti [Ernst Mauritius].
Request PDFPublication date: Sept-Dec 1828
Type Species
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 Compsothamnion thuioides (Smith) F.Schmitz.
Source of Synonymy
Schmitz, F. (1889). Systematische Übersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen der Florideen. Flora oder Allgemeine botanische Zeitung 72: 435-456, pl. XXI.
Basionym
Conferva thuioides Smith
Type Information
Type locality: "Mr. W. Borrer, to whom we are obliged for this Conferva, has found it on Yarmouth [Norfolk, England] beach, several different years, in September and October."; (Smith 1809-1810: pl. 2205) Lectotype: LINN; herb. Smith 1719.36 (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 164) Notes: The LINN specimen is Undated and unlocalised.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 24 February 2022
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Nomenclatural note
See Athanasiadis (2016: 839, footnote 9) regarding the orthography of this name. Four nomenclatural experts unanimously agree that the original spelling of the specific epithet in the validly published name Conferva thuioides J.E.Smith (1810, pl. 2205) is to be retained and that spelling is not correctable under any provision of ICN Art. 60 or 61. - (03 March 2017) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 February 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 April 2025
