Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Wolle 1887
Current name:
Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Wolle
var.petalonemoides. Terminal heterocyst. Collected by Brian Whitton and Allan Pentecost, Boggle Hole Gorge, Yorkshire, UK. - 14 September 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Wolle 1887: 267
Published in: Wolle, F. (1887). Fresh-Water Algæ of the United States; (exclusive of the Diatomaceæ) complemental to Desmids of the United States. Vol. 1-2 pp. 364, 157 plates. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Comenius Press.
Request PDFPublication date: 1887
Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Petalonema.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Scytonema alatum Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), winged (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 27 August 2004 by Robert Wilkes.
Last updated: 29 August 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 September 2024
