Protococcus rufescens Kützing 1846
Publication Details
Protococcus rufescens Kützing 1846: 1, 9, pl. 11: fig. I
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1846). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. I, fasc. 1 pp. 1-8, pls 1-10. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
Request PDFPublication date: January 1846
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protococcus is Protococcus kermesinus (Wrangel) C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chroococcus rufescens (Kützing) Nägeli.
Source of Synonymy
Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.
Created: 28 October 2007 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 July 2014
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 July 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 November 2024
