Pleurastrum paucicellulare Vischer 1933

Publication Details
Pleurastrum paucicellulare Vischer 1933: 18, 21, figs 4, 5

Published in: Vischer, W. (1933). Über einige kritische Gattungen und die Systematik der Chaetophorales. Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt, Abteilung A: Morphologie und Physiologie der Pflanzen 51(I): 1-101.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurastrum is Pleurastrum insigne Chodat.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhexinema paucicellulare (Vischer) Geitler.

Source of Synonymy
Darienko, T. & Pröschold, T. (2017). Toward a monograph of non-marine Ulvophyceae using an integrative approach (Molecular phylogeny and systematics of terrestrial Ulvophyceae II.). Phytotaxa 324(1): 1-41, 23 figs.

Type Information
Type locality: Switzerland: bei Basel; (Vischer 1933: 18, 21) Notes: Lectotype (designated by Darienko & Pröschold 2017): Fig. 4 in Vischer (1933). Epitype (designated by Darienko & Pröschold 2017 in support of the lectotype): The strain SAG 463-1 is permanently cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) in the SAG, University of Göttingen, Germany.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 09 October 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 October 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 April 2025