Microspora fontinalis (Berkeley) De Toni 1889
Publication Details
Microspora fontinalis (Berkeley) De Toni 1889: 230
Published in: De Toni, G.B. (1889). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. I. Chlorophyceae. pp. [3]-12, [i]-cxxxix, 1-1315. Patavii [Padua]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Request PDFPublication date: 25 July 1889
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Microspora is Microspora floccosa (Vaucher) Thuret.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum (C.Agardh) Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
John, D.M. (2002). Order Cladophorales (=Siphonocladales). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 468-470. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Created: 28 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.
Last updated: 01 July 2023
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Nomenclatural note
John (2002) and Zarina et al. (2007) cite Microspora fontinalis (Berkely) De Toni but in Index Nominum Algarum the following is cited: Microspora fontinalis De Toni 1889:230; Type locality: Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, England, Bohemia; ["Hab. in fossis, fontibus..."; cites Conferva fontinalis Berkeley, t.14, f.1]. - (25 November 2008) - G.M. Guiry
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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 02 June 2025
