Trentepohlia afra (Massalongo) A.B.Cribb. (1970)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Chroolepus afrum Massalongo (1861); Chroolepus montis-tabulae Reinsch 1877; Trentepohlia montis-tabulae (Reinsch) De Toni (1889)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered on 23 September 2005 (Rindi et al., 2006:440)
Distribution
Table Mountain, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (& Taiwan?)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=62137
References
Original scientific description:
Massalongo, A. B. (1861). Lichenes Capenses quos collegit in itinere 1857-1858 Dr. Wawra medicus Navis (Corvetta) Caes. R. Carolinae. Memorie dell'Imperial Regio Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti 10: 33-90, 8 plates.
Other references:
Cribb, A. B. (1970). A revision of some species of Trentepohlia especially from Queensland. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 82: 17-34.
De Toni, G. B. (1889). Sylloge Algarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum. Vol. 1. Chlorophyceae. Privately published, Patavii (Padova).
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 24 September 2023
Reinsch, P. F. (1877). Contributiones ad floram algarum aquae dulcis promontorii Bonae Spei. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 232-248.
Rindi, Fabio, Guiry, Michael D. and López-Bautista, Juan M. (2006). New records of Trentepohliales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from Africa. Nova Hedwigia 83: 431-449.
Škaloud, P., Rindi, F., Boedeker, C. & Leliaert, F. (2018). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Freshwater flora of central Europe. Bd 13. Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae (Krienitz, L. ed.). pp. [i]-vii, [1]-288, 182 figs. Berlin: Springer Spektrum.