Phymatolithon acervatum

Phymatolithon acervatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corallinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Corallinophycidae Ordo: Corallinales

Familia: Lithothamniaceae
Genus: Phymatolithon
Species: Phymatolithon acervatum

Name

Phymatolithon acervatum (Foslie) W.H.Adey, 1970

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Lithothamnion acervatum Foslie, 1907
    • Lectotype locality: Natal, South Africa. Lectotype: A. Weber-van Bosse ; 1893; TRH B1-1607. Notes: Syntype: TRH, Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa, A. WvB, Foslie slide 704: Printz 1929, pl. I, fig. 14. fig. 6.
• Homotypic
  • Leptophytum acervatum (Foslie) Y.M.Chamberlain & Keats, 1994

References

• Adey, W.H. 1970. A revision of the Foslie crustose coralline herbarium. Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskabs Skrifter 1: 1–46, 13 figs.: 28
• Van der Merwe, E. & Maneveldt, G.W. 2014. The genus Phymatolithon (Hapalidiaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa, including species previously ascribed to Leptophytum. South African Journal of Botany 90: 170–192. DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2013.11.004
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Phymatolithon acervatum. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 18 August 2017.

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