Stereophyllum Heydrich, 1904, nom. illeg.

Holotype species: Lithophyllum expansum Philippi

Currently accepted name for the type species: Mesophyllum expansum (Philippi) Cabioch & M.L.Mendoza

Original publication and holotype designation: Heydrich, F. (1904). Stereophyllum, eine neues Genus der Corallinaceen. Beichte der Deutsche Botanischen Gesellschaft 22: 196-199.

Precise date of publication: 27 April 1904 (see Woelkerling & Lamy 1998: 681 for details). The requirements for valid publication are specified in the ICBN (International Code of Botanical Nomenclature).

Description: No description is currently provided as the name is illegitmate and is treated as a synonym.

Information kindly contributed by Wm. J. Woelkerling but may now be outdated.

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

Comments: Stereophyllum Heydrich was established for the single species S. expansum (Philippi) Heydrich. Woelkerling (1983: 307-313) concluded from an examination of the holotype that Lithophyllum expansum Philippi, the basionym, belonged to Mesophyllum,and based on circumstantial evidence, he treated it as a heterotypic synonym of M. lichenoides (Ellis) Lemoine. Subsequently, however, Cabioch & Mendoza (2003) concluded from an in-depth study of numerous collections that it represented a distinct species of Mesophyllum, and formally transferred it into that genus, as M. expansum (Philippi) Cabioch & Mendoza.

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Descriptions of chrysophyte genera were subsequently published in J. Kristiansen & H.R. Preisig (eds.). 2001. Encyclopedia of Chrysophyte Genera. Bibliotheca Phycologica 110: 1-260.

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William J. Woelkerling in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 July 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024