Mesophyllum erubescens (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1928

Publication Details
Mesophyllum erubescens (Foslie) Me.Lemoine 1928: 252

Published in: Lemoine, M. (1928). Un nouveau genre de Mélobésiées: Mesophyllum. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 75: 251-254.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Mesophyllum is Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Me.Lemoine.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Melyvonnea erubescens (Foslie) Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine.

Basionym
Lithothamnion erubescens Foslie

Type Information
Type locality: Brazil: Fernando de Noronha: Chaloup Bay; (INA 1996) Lectotype fide Adey & Lebednik 1967: H.N. Ridley, T.S. Lea and G.A. Ramage; 14 August-24 September 1873; no habitat data on type; TRH; C15-3212 (Sissini & al. 2014: 305)

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), blushing, reddening, rose (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 01 January 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 22 August 2023

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Taxonomic note
We have adopted the generic placement this species in Melyvonnea by Athanasiadis & Ballantine (2014) rather than Mesophyllum by Sissini et al. (2014) pending the aquistion of DNA data to support the application of morphological and anatomical characters in this group. Sissini et al. (2014) reported that several species pass under this name world-wide but that the species "... is restricted to the tropical and warm temperate regions of the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea and southern Gulf of Mexico." See also Richards & al. (2020: 515-516) who conclude "Mesophyllum erubescens was recently placed in a new genus, Melyvonnea Athanasiadis & D.L.Ballantine, along with a few other species of Mesophyllum (Athanasiadis and Ballantine 2014). Because there are no DNA sequences available of the generitype, Melyvonnea canariensis, we here retained M.erubescens in Mesophyllum pending further molecular evidence." - (13 October 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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