Roschera Sonder, 1879: 79
Holotype species: Roschera calodictyon (Harvey ex Kützing) Weber-van Bosse
Currently accepted name for the type species: Tolypiocladia calodictyon (Harvey ex Kützing) P.C.Silva
Original publication:Sonder, O.G. (1879). Algae Roscherianae. In: Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859-1865. Wissenschaftlicher Theil. Dritter Band. Dritte Abtheilung. Botanik. (Decken, C.C. von der Eds), pp. 79-85. Leipzig & Heidelberg: C.F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung.
Taxonomic status: currently regarded as a synonym of Tolypiocladia.
Numbers of names and species: There are 4 species (and infraspecific) names in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is currently accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
Roschera africana Sonder S
Roschera calodictyon (Harvey ex Kützing) Weber-van Bosse S - type
Roschera condensata Weber-van Bosse S
Roschera glomerulata (C.Agardh) Weber-van Bosse S
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=43260
Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.
