Platessa Lange-Bertalot, 2004

Holotype species: Platessa bavarica Lange-Bertalot & G.Hofmann

Publication details: Lange-Bertalot, 2004: 442

Original publication and holotype designation: Krammer, K. & Lange-Bertalot, H. (2004). Bacillariophyceae 4. Teil: Achnanthaceae, Kritische Erganzungen zu Navicula (Lineolatae), Gomphonema. Gesamtliteraturverzeichnis Teil 1-4 [second revised edition] [With "Ergänzungen und Revisionen" by H. Lange Bertalot]. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. (Ettl, H. et al. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. 1-468. Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-03-20 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Kulikovskiy, M.S., Glushchenko, A.M., Genkal, S.I., Kuznetsova, I.V. & Kociolek, J.P. (2022). Revision of monoraphid diatom genus Platessa with description of Platesiberia gen. nov. from Ancient Lake Baikal. Water 14(2957): , 4 figs, 2 tables.

Nomenclatural note
in INA. - (27 September 2019) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Achnanthidiales (Kociolek, 2018). - (12 March 2020) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2025