Carpoblepharis obsoleta (C.Agardh) Barros-Barreto & Maggs, comb. nov.

Ceramium obsoletum C.Agardh, Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis.Voluminis secondi, Sectio prior: 145 (Agardh 1828).

TYPE LOCALITY. — South Africa. Cape of Good Hope (Silva et al. 1996: 400).

LECTOTYPE. — South Africa. Cape of Good Hope, C.Agardh collection 21490 A, B and C (lecto-, here designated, LD).

NOTE

The original description does not indicate a type, neither does it mention a specimen that can be designated as holotype. Thus, we designated as lectotype C.Agardh’s collection in Lund Herbarium 21490 A (male plant), B (tetrasporophyte), C (male plant) following Simons 1992 annotations.