Platythamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Boudouresque, Belsher & Marcot-Coqueugniot, nom. inval. 1977

Publication Details
Platythamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Boudouresque, Belsher & Marcot-Coqueugniot, nom. inval. 1977: 75

Published in: Boudouresque, C.-F., Belsher, T. & Marcot-Coqueugniot, J. (1977). Végétation marine de l'île de Port-Cros (Parc National) XVII.- Phytobenthos du port de Port-Cros. Trav. sci. Parc natl. Port-Cros 3: 89-120.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Platythamnion is Platythamnion heteromorphum (J.Agardh) J.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pterothamnion plumula (J.Ellis) Nägeli.

Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1855). Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. Heft 1. pp. [i-vi], [1]-120, pls I-X. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness.

Basionym
Conferva plumula J.Ellis

Type Information
Type locality: Unlocalised, probably Sussex, England; (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26) Lectotype: Ellis’s original illustration (pl. XVIII: G) (epitype) (Maggs & Hommersand 1993: 26) Notes: Dixon (1960) considered that the type was lost. Maggs & Hommersand (1993: 26) selected as lectotype Ellis’s illustration in pl. XVIII: fig. G.

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), diminutive of "pluma", a wing; plumule (Brown 1946).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
"Pl. plumula (Ellis) Boudouresque, Augier et Verlaque var. bebbii (Reinsch) J. Feldmann (sic!) (comb. inval.). This alleged combination, published as Pl. plumula (Ellis) comb. nov. var. bebbii (Reinsch) J. Feldmann, by Boudouresque et al. (1977a: 75) for a taxon collected at the island of Port-Cros (France), is invalid because it doesn't comply nomenclatural rules provided by the ICN (Turland et al., 2018). For the same reason are also invalid the following two alleged combinations: Pl. plumula (Ellis) Boudouresque, Belsher et Marcot- Coqueugniot var. bebbii (Reinsch) J. Feldmann (sic!) and Pl. plumula (Ellis) Boudouresque, Belsher et Marcot-Coqueugniot var. crispum (Ducluzeau) Hauck (sic!). proposed by Boudouresque et al. (1977b: 117)." (Cormaci & al. 2023: 284). - (16 November 2023) - M.D. Guiry

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