Lyngbya epiphytica Hieronymus 1898

Publication Details
Lyngbya epiphytica Hieronymus 1898: 67

Published in: Kirchner, O. (1898). Schizophyta: Schizophyceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds) Vol. 1(1), pp. 45-92, figures 48-62. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.

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Publication date: 1898

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Lyngbya is Lyngbya confervoides C.Agardh ex Gomont.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Leibleinia epiphytica (Hieronymus) Compère.

Source of Synonymy
Compère, P. (1985). Combinaisons nouvelles dans les Cyanophycées. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 55: 487-489.

Type Information
Type locality: Germany: near Berlin, on Oedogonium and Tolypothrix; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 17 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 20 August 2019

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 November 2024

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