Asterochloris magnus (Archibald) Skaloud & Peksa 2010
Publication Details
Asterochloris magnus (Archibald) Skaloud & Peksa 2010: 45
Published in: Skaloud, P. & Peksa, O. (2010). Evolutionary inferences based on ITS rDNA and actin sequences reveal extensive diversity of the common lichen alga Asterochloris (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 36-46.
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The type species (holotype) of the genus Asterochloris is Asterochloris phycobiontica E.Tschermak-Woess.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Basionym
Trebouxia magna P.A.Archibald
Type Information
Lectotype = illustration "Pilophorus acicularis" A-H inserted between pp. 59 in Ahmadjian (1959) (as T. lambii sp.nov.): Asterochloris magna strain UTEX 902 (cryopreserved) in Culture Collection of Algae at Charles Univ., Prague (epitype) (Skaloud & Peksa 2010: 45) Notes: Source: Indiana Culture Collection No. 67, 902. Isolator: Beijernick isolated from Cladonia sp. as Chlorococcum sociabile (67); Ahmadjian from Pilophorus acicularis as Trebouxia lambi (nomen nudum) (902).
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Created: 28 December 2010 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 February 2012
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 February 2012. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 October 2022
