Hormidium mucosum Boye Petersen 1915

Publication Details
Hormidium mucosum Boye Petersen 1915: 340, 376, fig. 21, 22; pl. III: figs 38-40

Published in: Petersen, J.B. (1915). Studier over danske aërofile alger. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter, Syvende Raekke Naturvdenskabelig og Mathematisk 12: 272-379, 4 pls.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormidium is Hormidium velutinum Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Klebsormidium mucosum (J.B.Petersen) Lokhorst.

Source of Synonymy
Lokhorst, G.M. (1996). Comparative taxonomic studies on the genus Klebsormidium (Charophyceae) in Europe. Cryptogamic Studies Volume 5. pp. 1-132. Stuttgart: Gustav Fischer.

Type Information
Type locality: Ro, Bornholm, Denmark; (Lokhorst 1996: 34) Lectotype: 12 October 1912; road in plantation, on naked clay soil; C; [herbarium specimen] annotated as "Hormidium mucosum n. sp. (Lokhorst 1996: 34) Notes: Lectotype designated by Lokhorst & Star (1985: 474). Strain SAG 8.96 was isolated by Lokhorst (original number KL 63) from soil near the water level of the river Dommel near Valkenswaard (the Netherlands). It is designated as epitype by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 764) to support the lectotype and is the authentic strain of K. mucosum (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen in the SAG).

Description
emended description: Lokhorst (1996:34-37, figs 220-254) fide Mikhailyuk (2015).

Created: 26 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 14 October 2015

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 October 2015. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 December 2024

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