Desmidium longatum Wolle 1884
Publication Details
Desmidium longatum Wolle 1884: 26, pl. XLIX [49]: fig. 6
Published in: Wolle, F. (1884). Desmids of the United States and list of American Pediastrums with eleven hundred illustrations on fifty-three colored plates. pp. [i]-xiv, 16-168, + 64 pls. Bethlehem, PA: Moravian Publication Office.
Publication date: probably July 1884 [TL-2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Desmidium is Desmidium swartzii C.Agardh ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Desmidium elongatum Wolle.
Type Information
Type locality: "Brown's Mill, New Jersey" [U.S.A.]; (Wolle 1884: 26)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 May 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 May 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024