Kirchneriella lunaris var. obesa (West) Playfair 1917

Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S.West

Current name: Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S.West
Roselyn, Washington, USA; golf course, 400x, DIC - 27 May 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Kirchneriella lunaris var. obesa (West) Playfair 1917: 246

Published in: Playfair, G.J. (1917). Census of New South Wales freshwater algae. In: A census of New South Wales plants: "With supplements to follow on vascular cryptogams by various specialists" Supplement 1. (Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. Eds), pp. 219-262. Sydney: W. A. Gullick, government printer, 1916.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Kirchneriella is Kirchneriella lunaris (Kirchner) Möbius.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kirchneriella obesa (West) West & G.S.West.

Basionym
Selenastrum obesum West

Type Information
Type locality: Lake District: Bowness; (Index Nominum Algarum)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 August 2003 by Mairead Murphy.

Last updated: 21 April 2023

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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