Pediastrum tetras var. tetrapedia (Kirchner) Playfair 1913

Publication Details
Pediastrum tetras var. tetrapedia (Kirchner) Playfair 1913: 517, pl. LVI [56]: fig. 3

Published in: Playfair, G.I. (1913). Plankton of the Sydney water-supply. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37: 512-552, 5 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pediastrum is Pediastrum duplex Meyen.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Lemmermannia tetrapedia (Kirchner) Lemmermann.

Source of Synonymy
Bock, C., Luo, W., Kusber, W.-H., Hegewald, E., Pazoutová, M. & Krienitz, L. (2013). Classification of crucigenoid algae: phylogenetic position of the reinstated genus Lemmermannia, Tetrastrum spp. Crucigenia tetrapedia, and C. lauternornii (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 49(2): 329-339.

Basionym
Staurogenia tetrapedia Kirchner

Type Information
Type locality: Langwieser See bei Plieningen; (INA 1996) Lectotype: pl. II, fig. 1 in Kirchner 1880 (designated by Komárek 1974): material of the strain SAG 9.81 cryopreserved at the SAG Culture Collection Gottingen, Germany (designated by Bock et al. 2013: 337) (epitype) (Bock & al. 2013: 337)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 06 February 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 February 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 November 2024

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