Chantransia hermannii (Roth) Desvaux 1809
Current name:
Audouinella hermannii (Roth) Duby
Cluster of monospores. River Ehen, Cumbria, UK. Collected by Martyn Kelly - 15 February 2013. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Chantransia hermannii (Roth) Desvaux 1809: 310
Published in: Desvaux, N.A. (1809). Plantes trouvées dans le Haut-Poitou, les unes nouvoulles, les autres, point indiquées dans la Flore de France. Journal de Botanique, Desvaux 2: 307-318.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Audouinella hermannii (Roth) Duby.
Source of Synonymy
Duby, J.É. (1830). Augusti Pyrami de Candolle Botanicon gallicum seu synopsis plantarum in flora gallica descriptarum. Editio secunda. Ex herbariis et schedis Candollianis. Pars secunda plantas cellulares continens. pp. vi, [545]-1068, lviii. Paris: VF Desray.
Basionym
Conferva hermannii Roth
Type Information
Type locality: "...legit ad rotam molendinariam in Alsatia." [Alsace, France]; (Roth 1797: 180) Neotype (designated by Necchi 1993 from Bremen, Germany): Ludolph Christian Treviranus; watermill; B; 28258 (Necchi, Sheath & Cole 1993) Notes: Necchi & Zucchi (1995) give the following data: "Germany, Bremen near to Molendinas, L. Treviranus, B 28258" and they note that a neotype was designated by Necchi et al. (1993). It appears that the neotype specimen was collected by Ludolph Christian Treviranus (18 September 1779 in Bremen – 6 May 1864 in Bonn) was a German botanist born in Bremen. He was a younger brother to naturalist Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus (1776–1837). "moledina" is Latin for watermills ("molendina aquaticum").
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 20 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 December 2024
