Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii (Ralfs) De Bary 1858
Current name:
Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii (Ralfs) De Bary
Kelly Hall Tarn, Cumbria, UK. - 18 October 2009. C.F.Carter (Chris.Carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii (Ralfs) De Bary 1858: index, 75
Published in: De Bary, A. (1858). Untersuchungen über die Familie der Conjugaten (Zygnemeen und Desmidieen) Ein Beitrag zur physiologischen und beschreibenden Botanik. pp. [i]-vi, 1-91. Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung (Arthur Felix).
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurotaenium is Pleurotaenium trabecula Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Docidium ehrenbergii Ralfs
Type Information
Dolgeley, Carnarvon, Penzance, etc.;
Origin of Species Name
Noun (singular possessive) (Latin), named for a person with the surname Ehrenberg, for algae generally Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 December 2024