The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
misapplication:
Lithothamnionlichenoides(J.Ellis) Foslielegitimate
by Dickie, G.(1876), Notes on algae found at Kerguelen Land by the Rev. A.E. Eaton.Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany15: 200
misapplied to:
Mesophyllumengelhartii(Foslie) W.H.Adeylegitimate
by Adey, W.H.(1970), A revision of the Foslie herbarium.Det Kongelige Norske Videnskaberne Selskabs Skrifter1970 (1): 25
Comment:The modern records of this species in Australia have not been confirmed, see Woelkerling & Harvey. The late nineteenth century Engelhart specimen from South Australia named L. muelleri f. neglectum and then L. lemniscatum by Foslie is M. engelhartii.