Aglaophyllum Montagne, 1839, nom. illeg.

Lectotype species: Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville

Publication details: Montagne, 1839: 33

Currently accepted name for the type species: Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville

Original publication: Montagne, J.P.F.C. (1839). Plantae cellulares. In: Voyage dans 'Amérique Méridionale (le Brésil, la republique...) exécité pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Vol. 7: Botanique. Second partie. Florula Boliviensis stirpes novae et minus cognitae. (d'Orbigny, A. Eds), pp. 1-39. Paris:

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2019-09-06 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nitophyllum.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kylin, H. (1956). Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen. pp. i-xv, 1-673, 458 figs. Lund: C.W.K. Gleerups.

Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: superfluous name for Nitophyllum Greville, 1830. Montagne (1839: 33, footnote) says: "Mot hybride qu'on ne saurait admettre, puisqu'il pèche contre les règles établies, et au lieu duquel je propose Aglaophyllum, dont la signification est la même." [Hybrid word we cannot accept, as it sins against the established rules, and instead which I propose Aglaophyllum, the meaning is the same]. Montagne was thus proposing a substitute name for Nitophyllum Greville (derived from Latin, nitor, brightness and Greek, phullon, a leaf) becasue he abhorred the mix of Latin and Greek. The substitute name has the same type (in this case the same lectotype as the substituted name). Such substitution is not permitted by Art. 51.1 (Melbourne Code). - (23 November 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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