Diatoma Bory, 1824, nom. et typ. cons.

Holotype species: Diatoma vulgaris Bory

Publication details: Bory, 1824: 461

Original publication and holotype designation: Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.G.M. (1824). Diatome. Diatoma. In: Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle. CRA-D. (Audouin, I. et al. Eds) Vol. 5, pp. 461. Paris: Rey et Gravier; Baudouin Frères.

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The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2017-01-26 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Cox, E.J. (2015). Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. 13th Ed. Photoautotrophic eukaryotic algae Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachniophyta/Cercozoa, Euglenophyta/Euglenozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 64-103. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

Nomenclatural note
Authors differ in their treatment of the gender of Diatoma Bory de Saint-Vincent and Neodiatoma. Bory in his original description of the genus treated it as feminine (or masculine) in his use of the epithet "vulgaris" instead of the neuter "vulgare". However, De Candolle (in Lamark & De Candolle, Fl. Franç. ed 3, vol 2: 48, 1805) in his earlier treatment of Diatoma De Candolle, nom. illeg., treated it as neuter. Diatoma Bory de Saint-Vincent is a conserved name with a conserved type, Diatoma vulgaris, and we have decided to standardize its treatment here as feminine. Name and generitype have been conserved and is treated as feminine in ING. - (27 October 2011) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025