Hormiscia zonata (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Areschoug 1866

Publication Details
Hormiscia zonata (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Areschoug 1866: 12

Published in: Areschoug, J.E. (1866). Observationes phycologicae. Particula prima. De Confervaceis nonnullis. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 3 6(2): 1-26, 4 pls. [in Latin]

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormiscia is Hormiscia penicilliformis (Roth) Fries.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ulothrix zonata (F.Weber & Mohr) Kützing.

Source of Synonymy
John, D.M. (2002). Orders Chaetophorales, Klebshormidiales, Microsporales, Ulotrichales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 433-468. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Basionym
Conferva zonata F.Weber & D.Mohr

Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: Wettern lake; (INA 1996) Type: Weber & Mohr; v.1803; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), zoned, banded, marked circularly (Stearn 1983).

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 12 January 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 January 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025

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