Epithema Brébisson, 1838, nom. illeg.
Type species: a type species (generitype) appears not to have been designated.
Publication details: Brébisson, 1838: 42
Original publication: Brébisson, A. de (1838). Études microscopiques. Considérations sur les Diatomées et essai d'une classification des genres et des espèces appartenant à cette famille. Mémoires de la Société Académique, Agricole, Industrielle et d’Instruction de l’Arrondissements de Falaise 1: 27-46, 148-149 (=Corrections et additions au mémoire sur les Diatomées).
Request PDFType designated in: Kociolek, J.P., Williams, D.M., Hamsher, S., Miller, S. & Li, J. (2024). Studies on type material from Kützing's diatom collection. VIII. Species assigned to the genera Epithemia Brébisson ex Kützing and Rhopalodia O. Müller. Diatom Research 39(4): 159-186, 119 figures.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-02-26 by G.M. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.
Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Epithema Blume, Bijdr. 737. Jul-Dec 1826 (Gesneriaceae); replaced by Epithemia Kützing, q.v. - (16 December 2024) - M.D. Guiry
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 July 2025
