Plectoderma Reinsch, 1875
Type species: a type species (generitype) appears not to have been designated.
Publication details: Reinsch, 1875: 52
Original publication: Reinsch, P.F. (1875 '1874/75'). Contributiones ad algologiam et fungologiam. Vol. 1 pp. [i]-xii, [1]-103, [104, err.], 131 plates [I-III, IIIa, IV-VI, VIa, VII-XII, XIIa, XIII-XX, XXa, XXI-XXXV, XXXVa, XXXVI (Melanophyceae); I-XLII, XLIIa, XLIII-XLVII, XLVIIa, XLVIII-LXI (Rhodophyceae); I-XVIII (Chlorophyllophyceae); I-IX (Fungi)]. Norimbergae [Nürnberg]: Typis Theodor Haesslein.
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Taxonomic status: The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.
Taxonomic note
Papenfuss (1964: 32) notes: "Plectoderma was erected by Reinsch (1875, p. 52) on the basis of two species, P. minus and P. majus. De Toni (1905, p. 1764) has placed the genus in the synonymy of Melobesia Lamouroux, and to judge from Reinsch's illustrations of the two species it would seem that both are representative of encrusting corallines - Melobesia of Fosliella. The South Georgia plant referred to P. minus by Reinsch is not representative of this species, but what it may be cannot be determined from this description and illustrations." - (16 September 2008) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025
