Pleurotaenium coronatum var. nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) West 1892
Publication Details
Pleurotaenium coronatum var. nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) West 1892: 119
Published in: West, W. (1892). A contribution to the freshwater algae of west Ireland. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 29: 103-216.
Request PDFPublication date: 26 April 1892
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Pleurotaenium is Pleurotaenium trabecula Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Pleurotaenium nodulosum (Brébisson ex Ralfs) Rabenhorst.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Basionym
Docidium nodulosum Brébisson ex Ralfs
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crowned (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 28 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025
