Achnanthidium lusitanicum Novais & M.Morais 2015
Publication Details
Achnanthidium lusitanicum Novais & M.Morais 2015: 129, figs 403-466, 467-477
Published in: Novais, M.H., Jüttner, I., Hoffmann, L. & L. Ector (2015). Morphological variability within the Achnanthidium minutissimum species complex (Bacillariophyta): comparison between the type material of Achnanthes minutissima and related taxa, and new freshwater Achnanthidium species from Portugal. Phytotaxa 224(2): 101-139, 477 fig., 6 tables.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Achnanthidium is Achnanthidium microcephalum Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Portugal: Coimbra: Tejo basin: Zêzere river (40.0464525, -7.807321); Type: M.H. Novais; 18.vii.2006; BR; 4258 (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), belonging to Lusitania (western Spain; modern Portugal and parts of the Spanish provinces of Estremadura and Toledo) (Lewis & Short 1890).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 16 December 2015 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 13 December 2022
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 December 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024