Hormidium flaccidum (Kützing) Klebs 1896

Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell

Current name: Klebsormidium flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell
Seattle, Washington, USA; rain barrel, 1000x, DIC - 03 March 2010. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Hormidium flaccidum (Kützing) Klebs 1896: 341

Published in: Klebs, G.A. (1896). Ueber Die Fortpflanzungs-Physiologie der niederen Organismen, der Protobionten. Specieller Theil. Die Bedingungen der Fortpflanzung bei einigen Algen und Pilzen. . pp. i-xviii, 1-543, 15 figs, 3 pls. Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer.

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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 flaccidum (Kützing) P.C.Silva, Mattox & W.H.Blackwell.

Basionym
Ulothrix flaccida Kützing

Type Information
Type locality: Ad vias lapideas Argentorati: A. Braun [sony road, Strasbourg, France]; (Kützing 1849: 643) Type: L; 939.67-905 (Silva, Mattox & Blackwell 1972: 643) Notes: According to Lokhorst (1996: 17), the lectotype is annotated as "Strassburg Febr. 1846". leg. A. Braun. (L sheet 939.67-905). Epitype: strain SAG 2307 designated by Mikhailyuk et al. (2015: 762) to support the lectotype above and the authentic strain of K. flaccidum that is permanently preserved in a metabolically inactive state in the SAG.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight (Stearn 1973).

Created: 08 June 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 20 March 2020

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