Lithophyllum capense Rosanoff 1866
Publication Details
Lithophyllum capense Rosanoff 1866: 86, pl. VI: figs. 13, 15
Published in: Rosanoff, S. (1866). Recherches anatomiques sur les Mélobésiées (Hapalidium, Melobesia, Lithophyllum et Lithothamnion). Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 12: 5-112, pls I-VII.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Lithophyllum is Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Capensia fucorum (Esper) Athanasiadis.
Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2017). Capensia fucorum (Esper) gen. et comb. nov. (Mesophyllaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta), a hemiparasite on Gelidium from South Africa. Botanica Marina 60(5): 555-565.
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: 29 September 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 December 2017
Verification of Data
Users are responsible for verifying the accuracy of information before use, as noted on the website Content page.
Taxonomic note
According to Silva et al. (1996) this taxon apparently lies within the circumscription of Synarthrophyton patena but has not yet been transferred or reduced to synonmy - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Linking to this page: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=20572
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
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 02 June 2025
