Callithamnion cymosum Harvey 1855

Publication Details
Callithamnion cymosum Harvey 1855: 560

Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1855). Some account of the marine botany of the colony of western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 22: 525-566.

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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 Spermothamnion cymosum (Harvey) De Toni.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Middleton Bay, King George Sound, Western Australia; (Womersley 1998: 225) Lectotype: On sand-covered rocks; Herb. Harvey, TCD; Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 524B (Womersley 1998: 225) Notes: Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 424). This type locality was first recorded by E. Gordon (1972: 117). Womersley (1998) notes that there is an isotype in AD, A18288.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 20 December 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 August 2011

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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