Gloeocystis rupestris (Lyngbye) Rabenhorst 1863

Publication Details
Gloeocystis rupestris (Lyngbye) Rabenhorst 1863: 128

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1863). Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen, Ober-Lausitz, Thüringen und Nord-Böhmen, mit Berücksichtigung der benachbarten Länder: erste Abtheilung: Algen im weitesten Sinne, Leber und Laubmoose. pp. i-xx, 1-653, Un-numbered figs. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gloeocystis is Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloeothece rupestris (Lyngbye) Bornet.

Basionym
Palmella rupestris Lyngbye

Type Information
Type locality: ad rupes declives aqua dulci...officinam ferrarium Naes Norvegiae [Norway]; (Lyngbye 1819: 207)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), rocky, rock-dwelling (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 July 2009 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 21 December 2022

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024

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