Trentepohlia abietina (Flotow ex Kützing) Hansgirg 1886

Publication Details
Trentepohlia abietina (Flotow ex Kützing) Hansgirg 1886: 86

Published in: Hansgirg, A. (1886). Prodromus der Algenflora von Böhmen. Erster Theil enthaltend die Rhodophyceen, Phaeophyceen und einen Theil der Chlorophyceen. Archiv für die naturwissenschaftliche Landesdurchforschung von Böhmen 5(6): 1-96.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Trentepohlia is Trentepohlia aurea (Linnaeus) C.Martius.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Chroolepus abietinus Flotow ex Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "Bei Hirschberg an Tannenbaümen" [probably Hirschberg, Bavaria, Germany];

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), resembling fir trees (Neal 1993).

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 May 2023

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Habitat note
Common at sites with cool, humid conditions, particularly in forests. It is mostly a corticolous species formingorange patches on the bark of deciduous trees (Acer, Alnus, Castanea, Fagus, Fraxinus, Quercus, Prunus, Tilia, Ulmus) and conifers (Abies, Picea). Rarely found on rock. - (24 August 2011) - M.D. Guiry

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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 05 April 2025

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