Binuclearia tectorum (Kützing) Beger ex Wichmann 1937

Current name: Binuclearia tectorum (Kützing) Beger ex Wichmann
Prox. In Sphagnum pool.Collected by Liz Kungu, Great Hill, Ayrshire, Scotland. - 09 May 2015. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Binuclearia tectorum (Kützing) Beger ex Wichmann 1937: 56, 81, pl. 5; figs 1-2; pl. 6: figs 1-20; pl. 8: figs 1-9

Published in: Wichmann, L. (1937). Studien über die durch H-Stück-Bau der Membran ausgezeichneten Gattungen Microspora, Binuclearia, Ulotrichopsis und Tribonema. Pflanzenforschung 20: 11-110, plus 8 pls .

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Binuclearia is Binuclearia tatrana Wittrock.

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

Basionym
Gloeotila tectorum Kützing

Type Information
Notes: "In tectis: Koch (No. 28)." No further type information.

Origin of Species Name
Noun (plural possessive) (Latin), of roofs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 17 January 2023

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Habitat note
Freshwater, in marshes, moors and mountain lakes, preferring dystrophic, acidic water bodies, also reported to grow aerophytically on wet stones and soil. - (15 March 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 January 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025