Crucigenia tetrapedia (Kirchner) Kuntze 1898
Current name:
Lemmermannia tetrapedia (Kirchner) Lemmermann
Example colonies, Castle Ashby, Northampton, UK - 25 May 2015. C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Crucigenia tetrapedia (Kirchner) Kuntze 1898: 402
Published in: Kuntze, O. (1898). Revisio generum plantarum. Vol. 3(3) pp. 1-576. Leipzig, London, Milan, New York, Paris: Arthur Felix, Dulau & Co., U. Hoepli, Gust. E. Stechert, Charles Klincksieck.
Publication date: 28 September 1898
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Crucigenia is Crucigenia quadrata Morren.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lemmermannia tetrapedia (Kirchner) Lemmermann.
Source of Synonymy
Bock, C., Luo, W., Kusber, W.-H., Hegewald, E., Pazoutová, M. & Krienitz, L. (2013). Classification of crucigenoid algae: phylogenetic position of the reinstated genus Lemmermannia, Tetrastrum spp. Crucigenia tetrapedia, and C. lauternornii (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 49(2): 329-339.
Basionym
Staurogenia tetrapedia Kirchner
Type Information
Type locality: Langwieser See bei Plieningen; (INA 1996) Lectotype: pl. II, fig. 1 in Kirchner 1880 (designated by Komárek 1974): material of the strain SAG 9.81 cryopreserved at the SAG Culture Collection Gottingen, Germany (designated by Bock et al. 2013: 337) (epitype) (Bock & al. 2013: 337)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 09 September 2023
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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024