Polysiphonia callithamnium Sonder 1845

Publication Details
Polysiphonia callithamnium Sonder 1845: 54

Published in: Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3(4): 49-57.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Heterosiphonia callithamnium (Sonder) Falkenberg.

Type Information
Type locality: Western Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 440) Lectotype: Preiss; on Haliptilon; HBG; (Womersley 1998: 483) Notes: Womersley (1998: 483) notes that the lectotype is the plant second from left on type sheet and that there is an isolectotype in MEL, 1005969.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 10 March 2014

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Nomenclatural note
South & Skelton (2003: 735) cite this species as Polysiphonia callithamnium Sonder 1845. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 May 2025

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