Euglena pyrum Ehrenberg 1832

Publication Details
Euglena pyrum Ehrenberg 1832: 72, pl. I, fig. V

Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1832). Über die Entwickelung und Lebensdauer der Infusionsthiere; nebst ferneren Beiträgen zu einer Vergleichung ihrer organischen Systeme. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Physikalische Klasse 1831: 1-154, pls I-IV.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Monomorphina pyrum (Ehrenberg) Mereschkowsky.

Source of Synonymy
Kosmala, S., Milanowski, R., Brzóska, K., Pekala, M., Kwiatowski, J. & Zakrys, B. (2007). Phylogeny and systematics of the genus Monomorphina (Euglenaceae) based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Phycology 43(1): 171-185.

Type Information
Type locality: Germany: Berlin; (INA 1996) Lectotype: fig. V in Ehrenberg: Permanently preserved material of strain ACOI 2778 (cells in resin, for EM); figs 1, a-d and 2, j-l (epitype) Herbariumof the Department of Plant Systematic and Geography at Warsaw University; (Kosmala et al. 2007: 177, 178) Notes: The culture from which the epitype was described has been deposited in the Algae Culture Collection of the Department of Botany, University of Coimbra, Portugal, as number ACOI 2778 and in the Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Cologne (CCAC), Germany (Kosmala et al. 2007: 178, 179).

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), pear (Brown 1946).

Created: 22 October 2007 by G.M. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 December 2020

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