Chantransia investiens Lenormand ex Kützing 1849
Current name:
Balbiania investiens (Lenormand ex Kützing) Sirodot
Possible monosporangium. Collected by Paul Gainey. Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. UK. - 23 October 2009. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Chantransia investiens Lenormand ex Kützing 1849: 431 (as 'Chantransia (?) investiens. Lenormand in litt.')
Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFPublication date: 23-24 July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Balbiania investiens (Lenormand ex Kützing) Sirodot.
Type Information
Type locality: France: Calvados: Vire; (Kützing 1849: 431) Type: Lenormand; L; (Kützing 1849: 431) Notes: Vis & Necchi (2021: 107) mention types in PC (PC0511687, PC0511688, PC0511692-PC0511695); but the type is most likely to be at L in Kützing's herbarium.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 20 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
