Exilaria vaucheriae Kützing 1833
Publication Details
Exilaria vaucheriae Kützing 1833: no. 24
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1833). Algarum aquae dulcis germanicarum Decas III. pp. [1-24]. Halis Saxonum [Halle]: in commissis C.A. Schwetschkii et fil..
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Exilaria is Exilaria flabellata Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Fragilaria capucina var. vaucheriae (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot.
Source of Synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H. (1980). Zur systematischen Bewertung der bandförmigen Kolonien bei Navicula und Fragilaria. Kriterien für die Vereinigung von Synedra (subgen. Synedra) Ehrenberg mit Fragilaria Lyngbye. Nova Hedwigia 33: 723-787, 16 pls.
Type Information
Type locality: "Quelle bei Weißenfels" [close to Leipzig (Saxony–Anhalt, central Germany)]; (Wetzel & Ector 2015: 275) Lectotype (designated by Lange-Bertalot 1981: 728): BM; slide 78023 (Lange-Bertalot 1981: 4, fig. 2) Notes: "Isolectotype [designated by Van de Vijver & al. 2023: 66]: BR–4738 based on sample Kützing (1833), häufig an Vaucheria clavata in einer Quelle bei Weißenfels (Germany), original material conserved in BR (=Type material)
Origin of Species Name
, resembling, or growing on or in species of the genus Vaucheria
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
