Pleurococcus lobatus Chodat 1902
Current name:
Apatococcus lobatus (Chodat) J.B.Petersen
Down House, Downe, Kent, U.K.; on trees on Darwin's "Sandwalk" - 24 June 2009. Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie)
Publication Details
Pleurococcus lobatus Chodat 1902: 284, fig. 199
Published in: Chodat, R. (1902). Algues vertes de la Suisse. Pleurococcoïdes - Chroolépoïdes Beiträge Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz. Band I, Heft 3.. pp. i-xii, 1-373. Berne: Druck und Verlag von K-J. Wyss, Libraire-Éditeur.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Pleurococcus is Pleurococcus vulgaris (Greville) Meneghini.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Apatococcus lobatus (Chodat) J.B.Petersen.
Source of Synonymy
John, D.M. (2002). Orders Chaetophorales, Klebshormidiales, Microsporales, Ulotrichales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 433-468. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), lobed.
Created: 01 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 March 2005
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Fabio Rindi in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 March 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 January 2025
