Chlorococcum kermesinum (Wrangel) Fries 1825
Publication Details
Chlorococcum kermesinum (Wrangel) Fries 1825: 45
Published in: Fries, E.M. (1825). Systema orbis vegetabilis. Primas lineas novae construcitonis... I. Plantae homonemeae. pp. i-vii, 1-374. Lundae [Lund]: e typographia academica.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chlorococcum is Chlorococcum infusionum (Schrank) Meneghini.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski.
Basionym
Lepraria kermesina Wrangel
Type Information
Type locality: "Habitat ad montes et lapides calcareos in Srecia (Limé; Wrangel); in Germania (ad Berolinum, Florke; in Silesia, Mattuschke?); in Helvetia, Hallen?; (Index Nominum Algarum)see above; see above;
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), carmine.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 10 May 2016 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 05 January 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 05 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 April 2024