Vaucheria sessilis (Vaucher) De Candolle 1805

Current name:
Vaucheria bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh
Antheridium detail. In a flooded field. Yardley Chase, Northamptonshire, UK. - 15 February 2013. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Vaucheria sessilis (Vaucher) De Candolle 1805: 63
Published in: Lamarck, J.B., de & De Candolle, A.P. (1805). Flore française, ou descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique. Troisième Édition. Tome second. pp. i-xii, 1-600, 1 folded map. Parisiis [Paris]: Chez H. Agasse, rue de Poitevine, No. 6 de l'Imprimerie de Stoupe, An XIII (1805).
Publication date: 17 September 1805
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 bursata (O.F.Müller) C.Agardh.
Source of Synonymy
Vishnyakov, V.S., Romanov, R.E., Chemeris, E.V., Kipriyanova, L.M., Chernova, A.M., Komarova, A.S. & Philippov, D.A. (2020). [New records of Vaucheria (Ochrophyta, Xanthophyceae) in Russia]. Novosti Sistematiki Nizshikh Rastenii 54(1): 7-41, incl. 5 pls. [in Russian with English abstract]
Basionym
Ectosperma sessile Vaucher
Type Information
Type locality: between Genève and Versoix, Switzerland; (Silva & al. 1996: 718)
Created: 14 May 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 December 2021
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Taxonomic note
Day et al. (1995: 257) record this species as being a synonym of Vaucheria bursata. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025