Batrachospermum australe Collins 1906
Publication Details
Batrachospermum australe Collins 1906: 110, adnot.
Published in: Collins, F.S. (1906). New species, etc., issued in the Phycotheca Boreali-Americana. Rhodora 8: 104-113.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Montagnia australis (Collins) Necchi & M.L.Vis.
Source of Synonymy
Necchi, O., Jr, Garcia Fo, A.S., Paiano, M.O. & Vis, M.L. (2019). Revision of Batrachospermum section Macrospora (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) with the establishment of the new genus Montagnia. Phycologia 58(6): 582-591.
Type Information
Type locality: USA: Alabama: Fly Creek, near Mobile Bay; (Vis & Necchi 2021: 147) Lectotype (apparently designated by Sheath & al. 1994): De A. Saunders; MICH; 642701 (Vis & Necchi 2021: 147)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), south, southern (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Revised description (Necchi & Vis in Necchi et al., 2019: 588).
Created: 03 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 November 2024
