Batrachospermum moniliforme var. viride (Bory) Duby, nom. illeg. 1830

Publication Details
Batrachospermum moniliforme var. viride (Bory) Duby, nom. illeg. 1830: 979 (as 'Batrachospermum moniliforme [epsilon] viridis')

Published in: Duby, J.É. (1830). Augusti Pyrami de Candolle Botanicon gallicum seu synopsis plantarum in flora gallica descriptarum. Editio secunda. Ex herbariis et schedis Candollianis. Pars secunda plantas cellulares continens. pp. vi, [545]-1068, lviii. Paris: V^F Desray.

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Publication date: 1830

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 Batrachospermum gelatinosum (Linnaeus) De Candolle.

Source of Synonymy
Athanasiadis, A. (2016). Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta Vol. I. pp. [i]-xxxxviii, 1-762. Thessaloniki: Published and distributed by the author.

Basionym
Batrachospermum ludibundum var. viride Bory

Type Information
France;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), moniliform, cylindrical but contracted at regular intervals like a string of beads (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 02 April 2016 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.

Last updated: 30 June 2017

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: not Batrachospermum moniliforme var. viride (Roth) Roth, 1800. - (30 June 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 June 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025