Batrachospermum macrosporum Montagne 1850
Publication Details
Batrachospermum macrosporum Montagne 1850: 293
Published in: Montagne, C. (1850). Cryptogamia guyanensis, seu plantarum cellularium in Guyana gallica annis 1835-1849 a Cl. Leprieur collectarum enumeratio universalis. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Troisième série 14: 283-309.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Montagnia macrospora (Montagne) Necchi, M.L.Vis & A.S.Garcia.
Source of Synonymy
Kumano, S. (2002). Freshwater red algae of the world. pp. [i-ii], i-xiv, 1-375 [p. 375 is an Addendum], pls 1-199. Bristol: Biopress Limited.
Type Information
Type locality: French Guiana: in Orapu and Comté rivers, near Cayenne; (Montagne 1850: 293) Holotype: Leprieur 1105; PC; 0452180 (Necchi 1990: 37) Notes: PC0473630-PC0473633 (Isotypes).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
Revised description ( Necchi, Vis & Garcia in Necchi et al., 2019: 587).
Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 April 2022
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Taxonomic note
Section Macrospora: tentatively accepted pending sequencing of other taxa referred to this section (only B. macrosporum has been sequenced so far) (Entwisle et al., 2009: table 1). - (27 August 2012) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 March 2025
