Penium minutum (Ralfs) Cleve 1864

Publication Details
Penium minutum (Ralfs) Cleve 1864: 494

Published in: Cleve, P.T. (1864). Bidrag till kännedomen om Sveriges sötvattensalger af familjen Desmidieae. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 20: 481-498, pl. IV.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Penium is Penium margaritaceum Brébisson ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Haplotaenium minutum (Ralfs) Bando.

Source of Synonymy
Brook, A.J. & Johnson, L.R. (2002). Order Zygnematales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 479-593. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Basionym
Docidium minutum Ralfs

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), very small, minute (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 07 April 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 15 July 2013

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 15 July 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025

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