Palmellococcus miniatus (Kützing) Chodat 1894

Publication Details
Palmellococcus miniatus (Kützing) Chodat 1894: 599

Published in: Chodat, R. (1894). Materiaux pour servir a l'histoire des Protococcoidées. Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier 2: 585-616.

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Publication date: "September 1894"

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Palmellococcus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chlorella miniata (Kützing) Oltmanns.

Source of Synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum. pp. Website. Berkeley: University of California.

Basionym
Protococcus miniatus Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Freiburg, Germany; (Hanagata & al. 1998: 222) Type: Braun; in greenhouse; (Hanagata & al. 1998: 222)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), saturn-red, flame-scarlet; literally, ‘painted with red lead’ (Stearn 1983).

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 23 August 2019

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Taxonomic note
According to Hanagata et al. (1998: 223), various authors have adopted Palmellococcus to accommodate Chlorella-like algae but they note that the only information about the type species, other than Kützing's original description, was provided by Nageli (1849), to whom Braun had sent a dried specimen - (10 March 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 April 2025