Mesophyllum capense (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamberlain 2000

Publication Details
Mesophyllum capense (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamberlain 2000: 367, figs 1-31

Published in: Chamberlain, Y.M. (2000). Mesophyllum capense (Rosanoff) comb. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa. Cryptogamie Algologie 21(4): 365-379, 31 figs, 2 table.

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 Capensia fucorum (Esper) Athanasiadis.

Basionym
Lithophyllum capense Rosanoff

Type Information
Type locality: Cape Agulhas, South Africa; (Silva & al. 1996: 273) Lectotype: collector not indicated; date not indicated; no habitat data on type; CN; Hohenhacker specimen 236 in Algae Marinae Siccatae, specimen in the Lenormand herbarium; designated by Chamberlain in Woelkerling & Verheij, 1995: 38 (Woelkerling 1998: 306) Notes: Isolectotypes: PC, unnumbered, Thuret-Bornet Herbarium (algal fascicle 131, filed under Lithothamnion); BM, sheet collections, unnumbered (filed under Lithophyllum); L (see Woelkerling & Verheij, 1995: 38). Collector: R.F. Hohenacker, Alg. Mar. Sic. no. 236; Lectotype fide Chamberlain in W.J Woelkerling & E. Verheij, Blumea 40:38. 1995: Y.M. Chamberlain, Cryptogamie Algologie 21: 376, fig.1, 2000 (INA).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 09 March 2014 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 01 December 2017

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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