Chroolepus afrum Massalongo 1861
Current name:
Trentepohlia afra (Massalongo) A.B.Cribb
Table Mountains, Cape Town, South Africa; detail of erect axes. Collected by Mike Guiry - 23 September 2005. Fabio Rindi (f.rindi@univpm.it)
Publication Details
Chroolepus afrum Massalongo 1861: 43, pl. 2: figs 1-4 (as 'Chroolepus? afrum')
Published in: Massalongo, A.B. (1861). Lichenes Capenses quos collegit in itinere 1857-1858 D.r Wawra medicus navis (corvetta) Caes. R. Carolinae. Memorie dell'Imperial Regio Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 10: 33-90, 8 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: June 1861
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chroolepus is Chroolepus jolithus (Linnaeus) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Trentepohlia afra (Massalongo) A.B.Cribb.
Type Information
Type locality: Hab. Ad terram glareosam inter muscos [Cape Peninsula, South Africa]; (Massalongo 1861: 43)
Created: 24 January 2004 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 12 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
