Vaucheria aversa Hassall 1843

Current name:
Vaucheria rostellata Kützing
Showing adjacent antheridium. Collected by Howard Matcham, brackish ditch, Chichester harbour, UK - 21 May 2014. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Vaucheria aversa Hassall 1843: 429
Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1843). Descriptions of British freshwater Confervae, mostly new, with observations on some of the genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1 11: 428-437.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Vaucheria is Vaucheria disperma A.P.de Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Vaucheria rostellata Kützing.
Source of Synonymy
Vishnyakov, V.S. (2021). Reviziya Vaucheria sect. Tubuligerae (Xanthophyceae) v Rossii [Revision of Vaucheria sect. Tubuligerae (Xanthophyceae) in Russia]. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 106(7): 703-723. [in Russian with English abstract]
Type Information
Type locality: vicinity of Cheshunt, Britain [probably Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England]; (Entwisle 1988: 57) Type: BM?;
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 12 February 2025
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 February 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 May 2025