Docidium repandum Wolle 1884
Current name:
Pleurotaenium repandum (Wolle) Will Krieger
midway between Union Lake and a southern beaver pond (N 440 46.755’ W 0780 31.663’), Kinmount, Ontario, Canada. pH and temperature of: 6.7-6.8, 12.3°C - 06 October 2006. Mark Webber (mwebber108@yahoo.ca)
Publication Details
Docidium repandum Wolle 1884: 50, pl. XI: fig. 1
Published in: Wolle, F. (1884). Desmids of the United States and list of American Pediastrums with eleven hundred illustrations on fifty-three colored plates. pp. [i]-xiv, 16-168, + 64 pls. Bethlehem, PA: Moravian Publication Office.
Request PDFPublication date: probably July 1884 [TL-2]
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Docidium is Docidium baculum Brébisson ex Ralfs.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pleurotaenium repandum (Wolle) Will Krieger.
Type Information
Syntype localities: Pennsylvania, New Jersey; (Wolle 1884: 50)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a wavy margin.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 26 January 2009 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 January 2009
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2009. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024
