Ophiocytium arbuscula (A.Braun ex Kützing) Sande Lacoste & Suringar 1861

Publication Details
Ophiocytium arbuscula (A.Braun ex Kützing) Sande Lacoste & Suringar 1861: 263

Published in: Sande Lacoste, C.M. van der & Suringar, W.F.R. (1861). Nieuw beschrevene en voor onze flora nieuwe zoetwater-wieren, verzameld in Drenthe, 9-20 Julij 1859. Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief. Verslagen en Mededelingen der Nederlandsche Botanische Vereeniging 5(2): 262-290, 1 pl [sine numero].

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Ophiocytium is Ophiocytium apiculatum Nägeli.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Sciadium arbuscula A.Braun ex Kützing

Origin of Species Name
Noun (Latin), A small tree; little tree (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Combination frequently attributed to Rabenhorst. "arbuscula" [a small tree] is a noun in apposition and is not declinable; so it is not correctable to "arbusculum". - (23 July 2018) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 May 2025

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