Scytonema penicillatum C. Agardh 1817

Tolypothrix penicillata Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault

Current name: Tolypothrix penicillata Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault
River Corrib, Galway City, Ireland. On submerged stones, 10-15 cm below water surface - 12 November 2005. Fabio Rindi (f.rindi@univpm.it)

Publication Details
Scytonema penicillatum C. Agardh 1817: 116

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scytonema is Scytonema hoffmannii C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tolypothrix penicillata Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault.

Type Information
Type locality: ad lapides et Fontinalem in aqua citissime currente fluvii prope Nattraby Blekingiae; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a pencil or an artist'’s camel-hair brush (Stearn 1973).

Created: 02 January 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 06 July 2012

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