Mesophyllum schmitzii (Hariot) Mendoza 1977

Publication Details
Mesophyllum schmitzii (Hariot) Mendoza 1977: 28

Published in: Mendoza, M.L. (1977). Las Corallinaceae (Rhodophyta) de Puerto Deseado, Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. I. Géneros Dermatolithon y Mesophyllum. Physis Secciones A 36(92): 21-29, 4 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mesophyllum is Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Synarthrophyton schmitzii (Hariot) M.L.Mendoza, S.Molina & P.Ventura.

Source of Synonymy
Mendoza, M.L., Molina, S. & Ventura, P. (1996). Rhodophyta: Orden Corallinales. Flora Criptogámica de Tierra del Fuego 8(3): 1-72, 14 pls.

Basionym
Lithophyllum schmitzii Hariot

Type Information
Type locality: Tierra del Fuego or Straits of Magellan; (Woelkerling 1998: 326) Lectotype: M. Michaelsen; 1893; PC; General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym); designated by Keats & Chamberlain, 1997: 68 (Woelkerling 1998: 326) Notes: "Possible Isolectotype": TRH, C18-3361, includes slide 673 (Woelkering et al. 2005: 473).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 06 September 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 26 February 2024

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Nomenclatural note
See Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2024: 196-198). - (26 February 2024) - M.D. Guiry

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