Mesotrema elegans (Hering) Papenfuss 1942
Current name:
Martensia elegans Hering
South AfricaRobert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za)
Publication Details
Mesotrema elegans (Hering) Papenfuss 1942: 449
Published in: Papenfuss, G.F. (1942). Notes on algal nomenclature: I. Pollexfenia, Jeannerettia and Mesotrema. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 28: 446-451.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Mesotrema is Mesotrema pavonia J.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Martensia elegans Hering.
Basionym
Martensia elegans Hering
Type Information
Type locality: Port Natal [Durban, South Africa]; (Hering 1841: 92) Lectotype: Ferdinand Krauss; HBG; (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 31) Notes: Papenfuss selected a female plant on mica as the Lectotype (Lipkin & Silva, 2002: 31). Lin et al. (2009: 679) give the following data: Lectotype: a cystocarpic plant at BM in the lower left-hand corner on a paper cutout containing six plants carrying the number N. 272 (lower right , barcode BM 000774894) on a herbarium sheet containing a collection referred to by Hering (1841: 92) "as the number prefixed to this species in Dr. Krauss's Fasciculi of Natal Secimens that were forwarded to the Botanical Society of London where they may be consulted on application" (Art.9.2, Vienna Code); Isotypes; the five other plants on the sheet labeled N. 272 (barcode BM 000774894) that contains the lectotype (Art. 9.10, Vienna code).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), elegant (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 29 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 April 2016
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
