Lithothamnion patena f. capense (Rosanoff) Heydrich 1907
Publication Details
Lithothamnion patena f. capense (Rosanoff) Heydrich 1907: 223, footnote
Published in: Heydrich, F. (1907). Über Sphaeranthera lichenoides (Ell. et Sol.) Heydr. mscr. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 22(Abt. 2): 222-230, pls X, XI.
Request PDFType 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 Mesophyllum capense (Rosanoff) Y.M.Chamberlain.
Source of Synonymy
Chamberlain, Y.M. (2000). Mesophyllum capense (Rosanoff) comb. nov. (Rhodophyta, Corallinaceae) from South Africa. Cryptogamie Algologie 21(4): 365-379, 31 figs, 2 table.
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 October 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 09 March 2014
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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
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 June 2025
