Melosira varians C.Agardh 1827
Current name:
Melosira varians C.Agardh
Kingston, Washington, USA; Carpenter Creek watershed, Site 3, creek rock, 1000x, DIC - 10 February 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Melosira varians C.Agardh 1827: 628
Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1827). Aufzählung einiger in den östreichischen Ländern gefundenen neuen Gattungen und Arten von Algen, nebst ihrer Diagnostik und beigefügten Bemerkungen. Flora oder Botanische Zeitung, Regensburg 10(no. 40 of the second volume): 625-640.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Melosira is Melosira nummuloides C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Ad Carlsbad in fluvio Tepl." [Teplá River, Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czech Republic]; (Agardh 1827: 628) Type: LD; herb alg. Agardh packet No. 4393 (Crawford 1978: 247)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 25 November 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 November 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 December 2024