Lyngbyea pulvinata var. geminata (Lyngbye) Sommerfelt 1826
Current name:
Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt
Winthrop, Washington, USA; Methow River, Lugols, 1000x DIC - 15 January 2011. Karl Bruun
Publication Details
Lyngbyea pulvinata var. geminata (Lyngbye) Sommerfelt 1826: 189
Published in: Sommerfelt, C. (1826). Supplementum Florae lapponicae quam edidit Dr. Georgius Wahlenberg auctore. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-xii, [1]-331, [332, err.], 3 pls. Christianiae [Oslo]: typis Borgianis et Gröndahlianis.
Publication date: March 1826
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) Mart.Schmidt.
Basionym
Echinella geminata Lyngbye
Type Information
in ins. Faer. ad saxa rivulorum subalpest. prope Argehospital et rupem Skielling [Faroe Islands]; (Lyngbye 1819: 219)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), cushion-shaped, strongly convexed (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 08 May 2013 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 08 May 2013
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 May 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024