Kirchneriella lunaris var. obesa (West) Playfair 1917
Current name:
Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S.West
Gibbs Lake, Washington, USA; 400x, DIC - 25 April 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Kirchneriella lunaris var. obesa (West) Playfair 1917: 246
Published in: Playfair, G.J. (1917). Census of New South Wales freshwater algae. In: A census of New South Wales plants: "With supplements to follow on vascular cryptogams by various specialists" Supplement 1. (Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. Eds), pp. 219-262. Sydney: W. A. Gullick, government printer, 1916.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kirchneriella is Kirchneriella lunaris (Kirchner) Möbius.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S.West.
Basionym
Selenastrum obesum West
Type Information
Type locality: Lake District: Bowness; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 August 2003 by Mairead Murphy.
Last updated: 21 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2024
