Batrachospermum australicum Kützing ex Entwisle & Foard 1999
Publication Details
Batrachospermum australicum Kützing ex Entwisle & Foard 1999: 624, fig. 5
Published in: Enwisle, T.J. & Foard, H.J. (1999). Batrachospermum (Batrachospermales, Rhodophyta) in Australia and New Zealand: new taxa and records in sections Contorta and Hybrida. Australian Systematic Botany 12(4): 615-633, 6 figs.
Publication date: "30 September 1999"
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Kumanoa australica (Entwisle & Foard) Entwisle, M.L.Vis, W.B.Chiasson, Necchi & A.R.Sherwood.
Type Information
Type locality: "Roper River, Elsey Station, Northern Territory" [Australia]; (Entwisle & Foard 1999: 624) Holotype: T.J.Entwisle 2709 (DNA); 2.vi.1997; freshwater; MEL?; (Entwisle & Foard 1999: 624) Notes: "Type: DNA D0266493, TJ Entwisle 2709, 02.vi.1997 (Holotype); MEL 2045069A (Isotype)" (Via & Necchi 2021: 179).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), Pertaining to Australia.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 April 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
