Batrachospermum cayennense Montagne ex Kützing 1849
Publication Details
Batrachospermum cayennense Montagne ex Kützing 1849: 537
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 23-24 July 1849
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 Visia cayennensis (Montagne ex Kützing) Necchi & A.García.
Source of Synonymy
Necchi, O., Jr, García Filho, A. & Paiano, M.O. (2019). Revision of Batrachospermum sections Acarposporophytum and Aristata (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) with the establishment of the new genera Acarposporophycos and Visia. Phytotaxa 395(2): 51-65, 7 fig., 1 table.
Type Information
Type locality: "in aquis dulcibus prope Cayennam" [French Guiana: mountains around Cayenne (04.56°N, 52.20°W)]; (Kützing 1849: 537) Holotype: C. Leprieur 348; PC; 0452172 (Necchi 1990: 26) Notes: Based on the same type (Leprieur 348) as Batrachospermum moniliforme var. guianense Montagne, 1840: 200, cited by Kützing (1849: 537).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 September 2024