Navicula radiosa Kützing
Publication details
Navicula radiosa Kützing 1844: 91; pl.4, fig.23
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1844). Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. pp. [i-vii], [1]-152, pls 1-30. Nordhausen: zu finden bei W. Köhne.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Navicula is Navicula tripunctata (O.F.Müller) Bory de Saint-Vincent.
Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Navicula gracilis var. radiosa (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1847
Schizonema radiosum (Kützing) Kuntze 1898
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pinnularia acuta W.Smith 1853
Pinnularia radiosa Rabenhorst 1853
Navicula radiosa var. acuta (W.Smith) Grunow 1860
Navicula acuta (W.Smith) O'Meara 1875
General environment
This is a Freshwater/Terrestrial species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Navicula radiosa Kützing)
Europe: Belgium (Souffreau et al. 2010), Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Germany (Ettl & Gärtner 1995), Italy (Cantonati et al. 2009), Poland (Zelazna-Wieczorek 2011), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982, Aboal & Llimona 1984a, Aboal & Llimona 1984b, Aboal 1989b, Aboal 1989, Aboal, Puig & Soler 1996, Aboal, Prefasi & Asencio 1996, Aboal, Puig & Prefasi 1998, Aboal, Marín & Zafra 2003, Ros, Marín-Murcia & Aboal 2009), Sweden (Van de Vijver, Jarlman & Lange-Bertalot 2010).
Atlantic Islands: Iceland (Ettl & Gärtner 1995).
North America: Arkansas (Smith 2010), United States of America (Patrick & Reimer 1966), Virginia (Wolowski et al. 2011 
).
South America: Brazil (Eskinazi-Leça et al. 2010).
South-west Asia: Iran (Afsharzadeh et al. 2003), Pakistan (Husna et al. 2007), Turkey (Asia) (Soylu & Gonulol 2006).
Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006, Liu et al. 2012).
Australia and New Zealand: New South Wales (Day et al. 1995), New Zealand (Harper et al. 2012), Northern Territory (Day et al. 1995), Queensland (Day et al. 1995, Bostock & Holland 2010), Tasmania (Day et al. 1995), Victoria (Day et al. 1995), Western Australia (Day et al. 1995).
Pacific Islands: Hawaiian Islands (Sherwood 2004).
(as Pinnularia acuta W.Smith)
Europe: Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012).
(as Navicula radiosa var. acuta (W.Smith) Grunow)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Romania (Caraus 2002), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).
Australia and New Zealand: Victoria (Day et al. 1995).
Source of synonymy
Lange-Bertalot, H. (2001). Navicula sensu stricto. 10 Genera separated from Navicula sensu lato. Frustulia. Diatoms of Europe: diatoms of the European inland waters and comparable habitats. Vol. 2 pp. 1-526.: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag. K.G..
Key references
Aboal, M., Alvarez Cobelas, M., Cambra, J. & Ector, L. (2003). Floristic list of non-marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) of Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Islands and Canary Islands. Updated taxonomy and bibliography. Diat. Monogr. 4: 1-639.
Day, S.A., Wickham, R.P., Entwisle, T.J. & Tyler, P.A. (1995). Bibliographic check-list of non-marine algae in Australia. Flora of Australia Supplementary Series 4: i-vii, 1-276.
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.
Husna, R. Zarina, A., Masud-ul-Hasan & Shameel, M. (2007). Taxonomic study of some diatoms from Lahore, Pakistan. International Journal of Phycology and Phycochemistry, Vol. 3 (1) pp. 55-64.
Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Navicula&species=radiosa
SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Navicula&Species=radiosa
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 25 August 2010 by Wendy Guiry
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Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85612
