Closterium acerosum var. lanceolatum (Kützing ex Ralfs) Playfair 1914

Publication Details
Closterium acerosum var. lanceolatum (Kützing ex Ralfs) Playfair 1914: 100

Published in: Playfair, G.I. (1914). Contribution to a knowledge of the biology of the Richmond River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 93-151, 5 pls.

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Publication date: 17 July 1914 [INA]

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Closterium is Closterium lunula Ehrenberg & Hemprich ex Ralfs.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Closterium lanceolatum Kützing ex Ralfs.

Basionym
Closterium lanceolatum Kützing ex Ralfs

Type Information
Type locality: Britain (several records); West Point, N.Y. (Bailey); Germany (Kuetzing); Falaise (Brébisson); (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), needle-shaped (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 01 July 2010

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2010. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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