Schmitzia

Schmitzia japonica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gigartinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Rhodophyta Subdivisio: Rhodophytina Classis: Florideophyceae Subclassis: Rhodymeniophycidae Ordo: Gigartinales

Familia: Calosiphoniaceae
Genus: Schmitzia

Species: S. evanescens – S. hiscockiana – S. japonica – S. neapolitana – S. sanctae-crucis

Name

Schmitzia P.C.Silva, 1959

• Type species: Schmitzia neapolitana (Berthold) P.C.Silva

• substitute name for Bertholdia Schmitz

• named for Carl Johann Friedrich Schmitz (1850–1895), German botanist.

Synonyms

• Bertholdia F.Schmitz, in Engler & Prantl 1897, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Bertholdia Lagerheim, 1889, nom. illeg. superfl. and synonym of Chaetopeltis)
  • Type species: Bertholdia neapolitana (Berthold) F.Schmitz

References

• Silva, P.C. 1959. Remarks on algal nomenclature II. Taxon 8: 60–64. DOI: 10.2307/1216032 JSTOR Reference page. : 63
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2017. Schmitzia. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 20 December 2017.

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