Vaucheria dichotoma (Linnaeus) Martius 1817

Publication Details
Vaucheria dichotoma (Linnaeus) Martius 1817: 304

Published in: Martius, C.F.P. von (1817). Flora cryptogamica erlangensis sistens vegetabilia e classe ultima Linn. in agro erlangesi hucusque detecta.... pp. [i]-lxviii, [1-2, h. t. and motto], 1-512, 6 folded plates. Norimbergae [Nürnberg]: sumptibus J. L. Schrag.

Publication date: April 1817

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vaucheria is Vaucheria disperma A.P.de Candolle.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Conferva dichotoma Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: England; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 28 June 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 November 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Combination also proposed by C.Agardh (1817: xxiv, 47), which work was published sometime from "Mai-Dec" 1817 (p. vii: 1 Mai 1817) according to TL-2. Martius (1817) published on 20 April 1817 accoring to F.A. Stafleu in INA. - (26 June 2014) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
"Vaucheria dichotoma is considered to be both a marine and terrestrial species. In Puerto Rico, it occurs in the muddy shallow waters of mangrove habitats." Ballantine & al. 2021: 94). - (23 November 2021) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 05 April 2025