Lithothamnion schmitzii (Hariot) Heydrich 1901

Publication Details
Lithothamnion schmitzii (Hariot) Heydrich 1901: 541 (as 'Schmitzi')

Published in: Heydrich, F. (1901). Die Lithothamnien des Museum d'histoire naturelle in Paris. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 529-545, 1 pl. [pl. XI].

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lithothamnion is Lithothamnion muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff.

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: 28 August 1999 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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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025

 
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