Batrachospermum lusitanicum Reis
Publication details
Batrachospermum lusitanicum Reis 1965: 141, pl. VI: figs a-d; pl. V: figs a-d; pl. VI: figs a-d; pl. VII: figs a-d; pl. VII: figs a-d; pl. IX: figs a-d
Original publication: Reis, M.P. dos (1965). Subídios para o conhecimento das Rodofíceas de água doce de PortugalV. Boletim da Sociedade Broteriana 39: 137-156.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Batrachospermum gelatinosum (Linnaeus) De Candolle.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Kumanoa lusitanica (Reis) Necchi & M.L.Vis
Infrageneric classification
Subgenus Batrachospermum Section Contorta
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), belonging to Lusitania (western Spain; modern Portugal and parts of the Spanish provinces of Estremadura and Toledo) (Lewis & Short 1890).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Batrachospermum lusitanicum Reis)
Europe: Portugal (Eloranta, Kwandrans & Kusel-Fetzmann 2011).
Source of synonymy
Necchi Júnior, O. & Vis, M.L. (2012). Monograph of the genus Kumanoa (Rhodophyta, Batrachospermales). Bibliotheca Phycologica 116: [1]-79, pls 1-26.
Key references
Eloranta, P., Kwandrans, J. & Kusel-Fetzmann, E. (2011). Rhodophyceae and Phaeophyceae. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa Band 7. Freshwater flora of Central Europe. Volume 7. (Schagerl, M. Eds), pp. [i]-x, [1]-155. Heidelberg: Spectrum Akademischer Verlag.
Kumano, S. (2002). Freshwater Red Algae of the World. pp. [i-ii], i-xiv, 1-375 [p. 375 is an Addendum], pls 1-199. Bristol: Biopress Limited.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Batrachospermum&species=lusitanicum
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=Batrachospermum&Species=lusitanicum
Created: 04 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 12 June 2012 by Michael Guiry
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Michael Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:47244
