Ceramium brachiatum Bonnemaison, nom. illeg. 1822
Publication Details
Ceramium brachiatum Bonnemaison, nom. illeg. 1822: 136
Published in: Bonnemaison, T. (1828). Essai sur les hydrophytes loculées (ou articulées) de la famille des Épidermées et des Céramiées. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 16: 49-148, pls 3-8.
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The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Callithamnion tetragonum (Stackhouse) S.F.Gray.
Source of Synonymy
Dixon, P.S. & Price, J.H. (1981). The genus Callithamnion (Rhodophyta: Ceramiaceae) in the British Isles. Bulletin of the Britsh Museum (Natural History), Botany 9: 99-141.
Type Information
(Dixon & Price 1981: 135) Notes: Comments: the origianl treatment (Bonnemaison, 1828: 125) made reference to collections from three localities on the Atlantic or Channel coasts of France, to another from the Mediterranean, and to two specimens collected in the Canary Islands and the Cape of Good Hope. more significantly if placed in synonyms binomials which lead back to Conferva tetragona Withering and made no mention of the latter elsewhere in the text, so that these synonyms must be taken as references to type. There is no option but to dismiss Ceramium brachiatum as a superfluous and illegitimate name which must be typified by the type of Conferva tetragona.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), branched at right angles.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 04 April 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 April 2018
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 April 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
