Epithemia gibberula var. rupestris (W.Smith) Grunow 1862

Publication Details
Epithemia gibberula var. rupestris (W.Smith) Grunow 1862: 17 (331)

Published in: Grunow, A. (1862). Die österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Erste Folge. Epithemieae, Meridioneae, Diatomeae, Entopyleae, Surirelleae, Amphipleureae. Zweite Folge. Familie Nitschiaea. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472 [Abt 1], 545-588 [Abt. 2], 7 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Epithemia is Epithemia turgida (Ehrenberg) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhopalodia rupestris (W.Smith) Krammer.

Basionym
Epithemia rupestris W.Smith

Type Information
Syntype localities: "Backsbottom near Lancaster, Mr. G. Smith, April 1851. Plumpton, Sussex, April 1852, W.. Sm. Aberdeenshire, Dr. Dickie. Killicrankie, Mr. P. Grant. Raasay Earth." [Britain]; (Smith 1853: 14)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 August 2011

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Robert Lavigne in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 24 August 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 January 2025

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