Callithamnion confusum J.Agardh 1876
Publication Details
Callithamnion confusum J.Agardh 1876: 25 (as 'C?. confusum')
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel.
Request PDFPublication date: Apr-Aug 1876 [TL2]
Type 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 Pterothamnion confusum (J.Agardh) Athanasiadis.
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: "Ad Novam Zelandiam (Lyall!)." [Chalky Bay, west coast Middle Island, New Zealand]; (Athanasiadis 1996: 65) Holotype: D. Lyall; Feb. 1851; TCD; (Athanasiadis 1996: 65) Notes: Isotype in LD, herb. alg. agardh, no. 17964 ‘Wrangelia ? squarrulosa H... var. ß.. Nov. Zealandia Lyall’ (Athanasiadis, 1996: 65).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), confused.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 25 November 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 07 October 2015
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 07 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 January 2025
