Callithamnion plumigerum Harvey 1863
Current name: Dasythamniella plumigera (Harvey) Womersley
Publication Details
Callithamnion plumigerum Harvey 1863: pl. CCLXXXV [285]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1859). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all Known australian algae. Vol. 2. pp. [i]-viii, Plates LXI-CXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
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 Dasythamniella plumigera (Harvey) Womersley.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Western Port [Victoria, Asustralia], Harvey. Cape Liptrap (Mueller), Port Fairy (Harvey), Cape Shank (Mrs. Barker); (Harvey 1859: pl. CCLXXXV) Lectotype (Western Port; designated by Womersley 1998: 280): W.H. Harvey; TCD; Herb. Harvey, Alg. Aust. Exsicc. 507H (Womersley 1998: 280)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 27 July 2001 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024