Mesophyllum canariense (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1928
Publication Details
Mesophyllum canariense (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1928: 252
Published in: Lemoine, M. (1928). Un nouveau genre de Mélobésiées: Mesophyllum. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 75: 251-254.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mesophyllum is Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melyvonnea canariensis (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. & Ballantine, D.L. (2014). The genera Melyvonnea gen. nov. and Mesophyllum s.s. (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) particularly from the central Atlantic Ocean. Nordic Journal of Botany 35: 385-436.
Basionym
Lithothamnion canariense Foslie
Type Information
Type locality: Puerto Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands; (Woelkerling 1998: 334) Holotype: C. Sauvageau; Dec. 1904 - Feb. 1905; [collected in] littoral region; PC; unnumbered, Sauvageau Herbarium (box collection) (Woelkerling 1998: 334) Notes: Holotype material also at TRH, C15-3210, includes slides 1012, 1056 and 1057.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), living in or from the Canary Islands (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 September 2014
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Taxonomic note
John et al. (2004) cite Lithophyllum canariensis Foslie, L. marlothii Heydrich and Lithothamnion canariense Foslie as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 September 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2025
