Protococcus pluvialis (Flowtow) Kützing 1845

Publication Details
Protococcus pluvialis (Flowtow) Kützing 1845: 146

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1845). Phycologia germanica, d. i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. pp. [i]-x, [1]-340 ['240']. Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Protococcus is Protococcus kermesinus (Wrangel) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski.

Basionym
Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow

Type Information
Type locality: "on the footpaths between Hirschberg and Grunau" [Grunau, near Hirshberg in Silesia, Germany]; (Index Nominum Algarum: 413) Lectotype: Flotow (1844), pl. XXV, fig. 70: (designated in support of lectotype) cryopreserved strain SAG192.80 (epitype) (Allewaert et al. 2015: 591) Notes: "On a small botanical excursion with Dr. Körher on 6 September 1841, we found in the shallow cavity of a granite slab ... the bridge over the moat and the on the footpaths between Hirschberg and the neighbouring village of Grunau ... forms in stagnant rainwater , a red matter ..." [from the German]

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), produced by rain.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 05 January 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 April 2024

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