Callithamnion licmophorum Harvey 1859

Publication Details
Callithamnion licmophorum Harvey 1859: pl. XC [90]

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..

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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 Anotrichium licmophorum (Harvey) Baldock.

Source of Synonymy
Baldock, R.N. (1976). The Griffithsieae group of the Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyta) and its southern Australian representatives. Australian Journal of Botany 24: 509-593, 92 figs.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Western Port [Victoria, Australia]; (Harvey 1859: pl. XC) Lectotype (designated by Baldock 1976: 551): W.H? Harvey; TCD; Herb. Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 536 (Womersley 1998: 347) Notes: Isotype in MEL 655 (Womersley 1998: 347).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 19 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024

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