Batrachospermum huillense Welwitsch ex West & G.S.West 1897
Publication Details
Batrachospermum huillense Welwitsch ex West & G.S.West 1897: 3
Published in: West, W. & West, G.S. (1897). Welwitsch's African freshwater algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 35: 1-7, 33-42, 77-89, 113-122, 172-183, 235-243, 264-272, 297-304, pls 365-369.
Request PDFType 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 Sirodotia huillensis (Welwitsch ex West & G.S.West) Skuja.
Source of Synonymy
Skuja, H. (1931). Untersuchungen über die Rhodophyceen des Süsswassers. Archiv für Protistenkunde 74: 297-309.
Type Information
Type locality: "Huilla. Freq. ad rupes lapidesque submersas in rivulis prope Lopollo" [Angola]; (West & West 1897: 188) Type: Welwitsch No. 4; May 1860; see above; BM; 001043858 (West & West 1897: 188) Notes: Also fragments from No. 187. Type: F.M. Welwitsch, V.1860 (holo-, BM [BM 001043858]; iso-, LISU; Africa, Angola, Huila, Lopollo, 14°47'51"S, 14°40'03"E (Rossignolo et al., 2021: 106).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Revised description (Rossignolo et al., 2021: 108).
Created: 25 January 2007 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 26 November 2024
