Chlorella sphaerica Tschermak-Woess 1988
Publication Details
Chlorella sphaerica Tschermak-Woess 1988: 136, figs 1-3, 5
Published in: Tschermak-Woess, E. (1988). New and known taxa of Chlorella (Chlorophyceae): Occurrence as lichen phycobionts and observations on living dictyosomes. Plant Systematics and Evolution 159: 123-139.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Chlorella is Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Jaagichlorella sphaerica (Tschermak-Woess) Darienko & Pröschold.
Source of Synonymy
Darienko, T. & Pröschold, T. (2019). The genus Jaagichlorella Reisigl (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) and its close relatives: an evolutionary puzzle. Phytotaxa 388(1): 47-68, 8 fig., 3 tables.
Type Information
New Zealand: Wairea Senic Reserve (phycobiont of Pseudocyphellaria carpoloma);
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), globose, spherical (Stearn 1983).
Habitat
Subaerial: photobiont of lichen Pseudocyphellaria carpoloma (Karsten et al., 2005: 560).
Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 January 2019
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 January 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024
