Planothidium pungens (A.Cleve) Lange-Bertalot 1999
Publication Details
Planothidium pungens (A.Cleve) Lange-Bertalot 1999: 278 (In corrected printing 284)
Published in: Lange-Bertalot, H. (1999). Neue Kombinationen von Taxa aus Achnanthes Bory (sensu lato). Iconographia Diatomologica 6: 270-283.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Planothidium is Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Skabitschewskia pungens (A.Cleve) Kuliskovskiy & Lange-Bertalot.
Basionym
Achnanthes elliptica var. pungens A.Cleve
Type Information
Finland: Kemijärvi and Paadarjärvi in Lappland;
Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), sharp-pointed, pricking, piercing, terminating in a hard sharp point (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 18 August 2004 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 08 April 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 April 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
