Callithamnion plumula var. pusillum Lyngbye 1819
Publication Details
Callithamnion plumula var. pusillum Lyngbye 1819: 127, pl. 39C 1, 2
Published in: Lyngbye, H.C. (1819). Tentamen hydrophytologiae danicae continens omnia hydrophyta cryptogama Daniae, Holsatiae, Faeroae, Islandiae, Groenlandiae hucusque cognita, systematice disposita, descripta et iconibus illustrata, adjectis simul speciebus norvegicis. pp. [i]-xxxii, [1]-248, 70 pls. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: typis Schultzianis, in commissis Librariae Gyldendaliae.
Request PDFType 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 Antithamnionella floccosa (O.F.Müller) Whittick.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (1996). Morphology and classification of the Ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 128: [1]-216, 108 figs.
Type Information
Type locality: Faroes; (Lyngbye 1819: 127) Lectotype: C; (Athanasiadis 1996: 124)
Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of "pluma", a wing; plumule (Brown 1946).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 24 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 12 October 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024
