Vaucheria ornithocephala var. aversa (Hassall) Kützing 1849
Current name:
Vaucheria rostellata Kützing
Showing adjacent antheridium. Collected by Howard Matcham, brackish ditch, Chichester harbour, UK - 21 May 2014. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Vaucheria ornithocephala var. aversa (Hassall) Kützing 1849: 488
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Publication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vaucheria is Vaucheria disperma A.P.de Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vaucheria rostellata Kützing.
Basionym
Vaucheria aversa Hassall
Type Information
Type locality: vicinity of Cheshunt, Britain [probably Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England]; (Entwisle 1988: 57) Type: BM?;
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 20 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2024