Callithamnion vieillardii Kützing 1863
Publication Details
Callithamnion vieillardii Kützing 1863: 14
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1863). Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zu drei und siebenzig neun Algenspecies. Zu der öffentlichen Prüfung sämmtlicher Klassen der Realschule zu Nordhausen. pp. [1]-19. Nordhausen: Realschule zu Nordhausen.
Publication date: Mai 1863
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: New Caledonia; (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 540) Holotype: Vieillard; L; 938,92-234 (barcode L 0055703) (Millar & Prud'homme van Reine 2005: 540)
Eponomy
Named for Eugène Vieillard (1819-1896), a French naval surgeon and naturalist who collected in New Caledonia and Tahiti and was director of the Jardin Botanique de Caen.
Description
Millar & Prud'homme van Reine (2005: 540) note that this species has monosiphonous, ecorticated axes with one lateral borne alternately on each axial cell.
Created: 20 February 2006 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 March 2008
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 March 2008. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 January 2025
