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Amphipleura lindheimeri Grunow

Publication details
Amphipleura lindheimeri Grunow 1862: 155(469); pl. 13, fig. 11a-b

Original publication: Grunow, A. (1862). Die Österreichischen Diatomaceen nebst Anschluss einiger neuen Arten von andern Lokalitäten und einer kritischen Uebersicht der bisher bekannten Gattungen und Arten. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12: 315-472, 545-588.

Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Amphipleura is Amphipleura pellucida (Kützing) Kützing.

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amphipleura pellucida var. lindheimeri (Grunow) O'Hara 1889
Amphiprora lindheimeri (Grunow) Wolle 1890
Amphipleura pellucida var. lindheimeri (Grunow) Cleve 1894
Berkeleya lindheimeri (Grunow) Giffen 1970

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Amphipleura lindheimeri Grunow)
Europe: Britain (Whitton et al. 2003), Spain (Álvarez Cobelas & Estévez García 1982).

North America: Texas (Patrick & Reimer 1966).

South America: Argentina (Rodriguez et al. 2006).

Source of synonymy
Hustedt, F. (1930). Bacillariophyta (Diatomeae). In: Die Süsswasser - Flora Mitteleuropas. Heft. 10, 2. Aufl. (Pascher, A. Eds), pp. vii + 466, 875 fig. Jena:

Key references
Patrick, R. & Reimer, C.W. (1966). The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. Volume 1: Fragilariaceae, Eunotiaceae, Achnanthaceae, Naviculaceae. pp. 688. Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Amphipleura&species=lindheimeri

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=Amphipleura&Species=lindheimeri

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 30 July 2011 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:85165

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