Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli 1858

Publication Details
Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli 1858: 532, footnote

Published in: Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1858). Die Stärkekörner: Morphologische, physiologische, chemisch-physicalische und systematisch-botanische Monographie. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. 2. Heft. pp. [i]-x, [1]-623, pls XI-XXVI. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness.

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Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Acrochaetium.

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

Basionym
Callithamnion daviesii var. secundatum Lyngbye

Type Information
Type locality: Kvivig, Faeroe Is; (Womersley 1994: 48) Type: on "Conferva rupestris"; C; (Womersley 1994: 48) Notes: Dawson (1953: 32) notes holotype not designated, but represented by Lyngbye's original specimen in the Botanical Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with secund branching (Lewis & Short 1890).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 16 April 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 February 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli 1861: 405 (Womersley 1994: 48). A. secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli 1858: 532, footnote (Silva et al. 1996: 101). - (20 May 2009) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Placed in Acrochaetium by Nielsen et al. (1995). John et al. (2004) cite Acrochaetium virgatulum (Harv.) J. Agardh and Audouinella virgatula (Harv.) P.S. Dixon as synonyms of this species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
on a diversity of plant and animal hosts (Clayden & Saunders, 2014). - (01 July 2014) - G.M. Guiry

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