Callithamnion thuioides (Smith) C.Agardh 1828

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].

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Publication 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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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 22 November 2024

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