Sorastrum spinulosum Nägeli 1849

Publication Details
Sorastrum spinulosum Nägeli 1849: 99, pl. V [5]: fig. D

Published in: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.

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Publication date: before July 1849

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Sorastrum is Sorastrum echinatum (Meneghini) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), spinulose (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 21 August 2024

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Nomenclatural note
This name was published and attributed to Nägeli in Kützing's Species algarum in the same year, and it is currently not certain which publication appeared first (see INA). - (10 August 2011) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025

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