Abstract
Critical studies of the original collections upon which Lithothamnium Philippi (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) is based have revealed that none of the five species included in the initial presentation conforms to any modern concept of the genus. Two species are referrable to Amphiroa and one each to Goniolithon, Lithophyllum and Pseudolithophyllum. Since 1897, the name Lithothamnium Philippi has been widely and persistently applied to a taxon not including its nomenclatural type and it therefore must be rejected under Article 69 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. After considering various alternative solutions to the problem of a replacement for one of the more widely used algal names in the botanical and geological literature, it is proposed to conserve Lithothamnion Heydrich, based on the selected lectotype species L. muelleri Lenormand ex Rosanoff, against Lithothamnium Philippi. Detailed morphological-anatomical accounts of specimens in the type collections are presented along with relev...
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