Ceramium planum Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Ceramium planum Kützing 1849: 687
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Ceramium is Ceramium virgatum Roth.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pseudoceramium planum (Kützing) Barros-Barreto & Maggs.
Source of Synonymy
Barros-Barreto, M.B., Jaramillo, M.A., Hommersand, M.H., Ferreira, P.C.G. & Maggs, C.A. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of the red algal tribe Ceramieae reveals multiple morphological homoplasies but defines new genera. Cryptogamie, Algologie 44(2): 13-33 [Appendices 34-58].
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Caput Bonae Spei." [Cape of Good Hope, South Africa]; (Kützing 1849: 687) Notes: "Lectotype. — South Africa. Cape of Good Hope (lecto-, designated by Kützing [1863: 5, pl. 11, figs C, D])." (Barros-Barreto & al. 2023).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 August 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
