Pediastrum forcipatum (Corda) A.Braun 1855

Publication Details
Pediastrum forcipatum (Corda) A.Braun 1855: 86

Published in: Braun, A. (1855). Algarum unicellularium genera nova et minus cognita praemissis observationibus de algis unicellularibus in genere. pp. 114, 6 plates. Leipzig: W. Engelmann.

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Publication date: 1855

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 Pediastrum boryanum var. forcipatum (Corda) Chodat.

Source of Synonymy
Chodat, R. (1902). Algues vertes de la Suisse. Pleurococcoïdes - Chroolépoïdes Beiträge Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz. Band I, Heft 3.. pp. i-xii, 1-373. Berne: Druck und Verlag von K-J. Wyss, Libraire-Éditeur.

Basionym
Euastrum forcipatum Corda

Type Information
Type locality: Czech Republic: Reichenberg [Liberec]; (INA 1996) Type: Corda 1839, pl. II, fig. 7 (LT designated by Parra 1979: 74): Corda; (INA 1996) Notes: Epitype (designated by Lanarczyk in Lenarczyk, 2020: 1572): KRAM A-21.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 29 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025

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