Pleurotaenium truncatum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Nägeli 1849

Publication Details
Pleurotaenium truncatum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Nägeli 1849: 104

Published in: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.

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Publication date: before July 1849

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurotaenium is Pleurotaenium trabecula Nägeli.

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

Basionym
Docidium truncatum Brébisson ex Ralfs

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), truncate, i.e., ending very abruptly as if cut straight across (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 29 February 2024

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024

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