Hormidium subtile (Kützing) Heering 1914

Publication Details
Hormidium subtile (Kützing) Heering 1914: 47

Published in: Heering, W. (1914). Die Süsswasserflora Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Chlorophyceae III. Vol. 6 pp. iv, 250, 385 figures. Jena: Gustav Fischer.

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Publication date: 1914

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Hormidium is Hormidium velutinum Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Klebsormidium subtile (Kützing) Mikhailyuk, Glaser, Holzinger & Karsten.

Basionym
Ulothrix subtilis Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: "Mühlengerinne" [millrace, Germany]; (Kützing 1845: 197) "Epitype": strain SAG 284-1 (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) (epitype) (Mikhailyuk et al. 2015: 763) Notes: "Epitype (designated here): Strain SAG 384-1 (proposed here as the authentic strain of K. subtile) is permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state (cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen) in the SAG." Mikhailyuk & al. (2015: 763) do no specify what is being epitypified (holotype, lectotype or neotype?).

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), fine, thin, delicate, fine, or precise.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 March 2020

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