Chlorhormidium mucosum (J.B.Petersen) Starmach 1972

Publication Details
Chlorhormidium mucosum (J.B.Petersen) Starmach 1972: 64

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 mucosum (J.B.Petersen) 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
Hormidium mucosum Boye Petersen

Type Information
Type locality: Ro, Bornholm, Denmark; (Lokhorst 1996: 34) Lectotype: 12 October 1912; road in plantation, on naked clay soil; C; [herbarium specimen] annotated as "Hormidium mucosum n. sp. (Lokhorst 1996: 34) Notes: Lectotype designated by Lokhorst & Star (1985: 474). Strain SAG 8.96 was isolated by Lokhorst (original number KL 63) from soil near the water level of the river Dommel near Valkenswaard (the Netherlands). It is designated as epitype by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 764) to support the lectotype and is the authentic strain of K. mucosum (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen in the SAG).

Created: 26 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 26 August 2011

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 January 2025

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