Pediastrum duplex Meyen 1829
Current name:
Pediastrum duplex Meyen
Castle Ashby Park, Northamptonshire, UK. BF image. - 26 September 2008. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Pediastrum duplex Meyen 1829: 772, pl. XLIII [43]: figs 6-20
Published in: Meyen, F.J.F. (1829). Beobachtungen über einige niedere Algenformen. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae 14: 768-778, pl. XLIII [43].
Request PDFType Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Pediastrum.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: near Potsdam, Havel; (Index Nominum Algarum) Lectotype: on Alcyonella stagnorum; (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), double (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 July 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
