Callithamnion decompositum J.Agardh 1851

Publication Details
Callithamnion decompositum J.Agardh 1851: 45

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Callithamnion is Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Compsothamnion decompositum (J.Agardh) Maggs & L'Hardy-Halos.

Type Information
Type locality: "in oceano atlantico ad orcas Galliae"; (Dixon & Price 1981: 132) Holotype: LD, Herb. Alg. Agardh; 18964 (Dixon & Price 1981: 132) Notes: Comments: This entity is often attributed, partly or completely to Grateloup, due to a misinterpretation of the comment by J. G. Agardh that Grateloup had given the manuscript name Mertensia decomposita to the specimen used as the basis for the original treatment.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), divided more than once (Neal 1993).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 07 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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