Pleurotaenium nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1863
Publication Details
Pleurotaenium nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst 1863: 176
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1863). Kryptogamen-Flora von Sachsen, Ober-Lausitz, Thüringen und Nord-Böhmen, mit Berücksichtigung der benachbarten Länder: erste Abtheilung: Algen im weitesten Sinne, Leber und Laubmoose. pp. i-xx, 1-653, Un-numbered figs. Leipzig: Verlag von Eduard Kummer.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurotaenium is Pleurotaenium trabecula Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Docidium nodulosum Brébisson ex Ralfs
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), with swellings, noduled, nodular, or with small nodules .
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 29 February 2024
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Nomenclatural note
While De Bary (1858: 75) listed Docidium nodulosum (and other species of the genus Docidium ) under the genus Pleurotaenium, he does not use the binomial Pleurotaenium nodulosum. - (22 June 2015) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025