Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell 1972

Publication Details
Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell 1972: 643

Published in: Silva, P.C., Mattox, K.R. & Blackwell, W.H., Jr (1972). The generic name Hormidium as applied to green algae. Taxon 21: 639-645.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Klebsormidium.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Ulothrix flaccida Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Ad vias lapideas Argentorati: A. Braun [sony road, Strasbourg, France]; (Kützing 1849: 643) Type: L; 939.67-905 (Silva, Mattox & Blackwell 1972: 643) Notes: According to Lokhorst (1996: 17), the lectotype is annotated as "Strassburg Febr. 1846". leg. A. Braun. (L sheet 939.67-905). Epitype: strain SAG 2307 designated by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 762) to support the lectotype above and the authentic strain of K. flaccidum that is permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state in the SAG.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 March 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 November 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Floyd, Stewart & Mattox 1972: 176 (nomen). - (25 August 2011) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Temperate clay soil in a field of beets, near Niederkruechten, Lower Saxonia, Germany; freshwater habitat in the former USSR (Karsten et al., 2017: 214). Caves (Czerwik-Marcinkowska & Mrozinska 2011). - (11 April 2017) - G.M. Guiry

Usage note
high UVR tolerance (Kitzing & Karsten, 2015). - (14 August 2015) - G.M. Guiry

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