Spirogyra stictica (Smith) Wille 1884

Publication Details
Spirogyra stictica (Smith) Wille 1884: 35, pl. 2463

Published in: Smith, J.E. (1813). English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. To which will be added, occasional remarks. / By James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. member of the Imp. Acad. Naturae Curiosorum, the Academies of Stockholm, Upsal, Turin, Lisbon, Lund, Berlin, Philadelphia and the Nat. Hist. Societies of Paris and Moscow; President of the Linnaen Society. The figures by James Sowerby, F.L.S. Vol. XXXV [35], pls. 2449-2520. London.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spirogyra is Spirogyra porticalis (O.F.Müller) Dumortier.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sirogonium sticticum (Smith) Kützing.

Basionym
Conferva stictica Smith

Type Information
Type locality: Ditches in Henfield Level, Sussex, England; (Smith 1813: pl. 2463)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 08 December 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 08 December 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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