Protococcus botryoides Kützing 1846
Publication Details
Protococcus botryoides Kützing 1846: 2, pl. 2
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).
Publication 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 Protosiphon botryoides (Kützing) Klebs.
Source of Synonymy
Klebs, G.A. (1896). Ueber Die Fortpflanzungs-Physiologie der niederen Organismen, der Protobionten. Specieller Theil. Die Bedingungen der Fortpflanzung bei einigen Algen und Pilzen. . pp. i-xviii, 1-543, 15 figs, 3 pls. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.
Type Information
Type locality: Auf feuchter nachter Gartenerde in Nordhausen [On damp night garden soil in Nordhausen, Germany]; (Kützing 1846: 2)
Created: 22 May 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 July 2024
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 December 2024