Platythamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Boudouresque, Belsher & Marcot-Coqueugniot, nom. inval. 1977

Publication Details
Platythamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Boudouresque, Belsher & Marcot-Coqueugniot, nom. inval. 1977: 75

Published in: Boudouresque, C.-F., Belsher, T. & Marcot-Coqueugniot, J. (1977). Végétation marine de l'île de Port-Cros (Parc National) XVII.- Phytobenthos du port de Port-Cros. Trav. sci. Parc natl. Port-Cros 3: 89-120.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platythamnion is Platythamnion heteromorphum (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli.

Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1855). Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. Heft 1. pp. [i-vi], [1]-120, pls I-X. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness.

Basionym
Conferva plumula J.Ellis

Type Information
Type locality: Unlocalised, probably Sussex, England; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26) Lectotype: Ellis’s original illustration (pl. XVIII: G) (epitype) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26) Notes: Dixon (1960) considered that the type was lost. Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 26) selected as lectotype Ellis’s illustration in pl. XVIII: fig. G.

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of "pluma", a wing; plumule (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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