Cephaleuros virescens Kunze ex E.M.Fries 1832
Current name:
Cephaleuros virescens Kunze ex E.M.Fries
Robberg Reserve, Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape, South Africa; on surfaces of leaves on sheltered eastern side, with Phycopeltis spp. - 25 September 2005. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Cephaleuros virescens Kunze ex E.M.Fries 1832: 327
Published in: Fries, E.[M.] (1832). Systema mycologicum: sistens fungorum ordines, genera et species, huc usque cognitas, quas ad normam methodi naturalis determinavit / disposuit atque descripsit. Volumen III et ultimum. pp. [261]-524, [1]-202 p. ["Index alphabeticus generum, ..."]. Grypiswaldae: Sumptibus Entestii Mauritii.
Original description: 
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Cephaleuros.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Surinam; (INA 1996) Type: C. Weigelt; in 1827-1828; on leaves; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), becoming green (Stearn 1983).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 October 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 November 2024
