Scytonema alatum Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault 1886
Current name:
Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Wolle
Surface focus on filaments. .Collected by Brian Whitton and Allan Pentecost, Boggle Hole Gorge, Yorkshire, UK - 14 September 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com
Publication Details
Scytonema alatum Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault 1886: 110
Published in: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1887'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 5: 51-129.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Jan 1886
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scytonema is Scytonema hoffmannii C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Wolle.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. (2013). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota: Heterocystous Genera (Nostocales, Stigonematales). Vol. 19/3 pp. [i]-xviii, [1]-1130. Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), winged (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 June 2015
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 June 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 November 2024
