Achnanthes minutissima f. gracillima (Meister) A.Cleve 1932
Publication Details
Achnanthes minutissima f. gracillima (Meister) A.Cleve 1932: 60 (as 'var. cryptocephala f. gracillima')
Published in: Cleve-Euler, A. (1932). Die Kieselalgen des Tåkernsees in Schweden. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, ser. 3 11(2): 1-254.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthes is Achnanthes adnata Bory.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Achnanthidium gracillimum (F.Meister) Lange-Bertalot.
Source of Synonymy
Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2004). Bacillariophyceae 4. Teil: Achnanthaceae, Kritische Erganzungen zu Navicula (Lineolatae), Gomphonema. Gesamtliteraturverzeichnis Teil 1-4 [second revised edition] [With "Ergänzungen und Revisionen" by H. Lange Bertalot]. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. (Ettl, H. et al. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 1-468. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.
Basionym
Microneis gracillima F.Meister
Type Information
Type locality: "In einem Brunnentrog im Alptal, Schwyz!" [Switzerland: Schwyz: Alptalq]; (Meister 1912: 97)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), extremely small.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 December 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
