Zygnema melanosporum Lagerheim 1884

Publication Details
Zygnema melanosporum Lagerheim 1884: 117, no fig.

Published in: Lagerheim, G. (1884). Algologiska och inykoiogiska anteckningar från en botanisk resa i Luleå Lappmark. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandligar 41(1): 91-119.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zygnema is Zygnema cruciatum (Vaucher) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Zygnema chalybeospermum Hansgirg.

Source of Synonymy
Kadlubowska, J.Z. (1984). Conjugatophyceae I Zygnemales = Chlorophyta VIII. In: Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. (Ettl, H., Gerloff, J., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds) Vol. 16, pp. 1-532. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.

Type Information
Sweden: Luleå Lappmark.;

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 14 March 2025

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 March 2025