Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Heterothamnion platythaliae
Ceramiaceae
Heterothamnion platythaliae Athanas. , legitimate, scientific
Athanasiadis, A. (1996), Morphology and classification of the ceramioideae (Rhodophyta) based on phylogenetic principles. Opera Botanica 128: 186-188, figs 95-97 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Type locality: Cape Leeuwin, W. Australia, drift on Platythalia angustifolia; holotype: "Heterothamnion platythaliae sp. nov.", Holotype, Cape Leeuwin, W. Australia, 16.xi.1968, on drift 'Platythalia angustifolia' slide, GB.
  • Type specimen: HOLOTYPE: Goteberg: slide
Womersley, H.B.S. & Wollaston, E.M. in Womersley, H.B.S. (1998), Tribe Heterothamnieae Wollaston 1968:407. The marine benthic flora of southern Australia: - [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: Original material is available as AD A 34205. Womersley (1998):166 questions whether this is a species of Heterothamnion.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Flindersian).