Acrochaetium lanuginosum (Dillwyn) Nägeli 1858
Publication Details
Acrochaetium lanuginosum (Dillwyn) Nägeli 1858: 532, footnote
Published in: Nägeli, C. & Cramer, C. (1858). Die Stärkekörner: Morphologische, physiologische, chemisch-physicalische und systematisch-botanische Monographie. Pflanzenphysiologische Untersuchungen. 2. Heft. pp. [i]-x, [1]-623, pls XI-XXVI. Zürich: bei Fredrich Schultness.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Acrochaetium is Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Stegenga.
Source of Synonymy
Agardh, J.G. (1851). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen secundum: algas florideas complectens. Part 1. pp. [i]-xii, [1]-336 + 337-351 [Addenda and Indices]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Basionym
Conferva lanuginosa Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "In the Sea, adhering to other Confervae. At Swansea, common." [Wales]; (Dillwyn 1805: pl. 45)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), woolly, downy (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 23 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 27 March 2017
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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 100) lists this species as a synonym of Audouinella lanuginosa. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 March 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025
