Chlorhormidium fluitans (F.Gay) Starmach 1972
Publication Details
Chlorhormidium fluitans (F.Gay) Starmach 1972: 64
Published in: Starmach, K. (1972). Flora slodkowodna Polski [Freshwater flora of Poland]. Volume 10. Chlorophyta III. Zielenice nitkowate: Ulotrichales, Ulvales, Prasiolales, Sphaeropleales, Cladophorales, Trentepohliales, Sipholales, Dichotomosiphonales. In: . ( Eds), pp. 1-750. Warszawa & Krakow: Panstwowe Wyadwnictwo Naukowe.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorhormidium is Hormidium velutinum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Klebsormidium fluitans (F.Gay) Lokhorst.
Source of Synonymy
Lokhorst, G.M. (1996). Comparative taxonomic studies on the genus Klebsormidium (Charophyceae) in Europe. Cryptogamic Studies Volume 5. pp. 1-132. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.
Basionym
Stichococcus fluitans F.Gay
Type Information
Neotype locality: "sheet-piling of Lake Westeinderplassen near Rijsenhout, The Netherlands"; (Lokhorst 1996: 20) Neotype: G.M. Lokhorst; 17 November 1992; sheet piling, lake; L; (Lokhorst 1996: 20) Notes: Epitype: Strain SAG 9.96 designated by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 764) to support the neotype specified above and proposed here as the authentic strain of K. fluitans; it is cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen in the SAG. They note that strain SAG 9.96 was isolated by Lokhorst from the neotype locality (original number Kl 22). Type locality: France: Herault (Lez R.; Montpelier Botanical Garden); collector: Huber (INA).
Origin of Species Name
Participle (Latin), floating, swimming (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 08 November 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025
