Byssus kermesina (Wrangel) Wahlenberg 1826
Publication Details
Byssus kermesina (Wrangel) Wahlenberg 1826: 885
Published in: Wahlenberg, G. (1826). Flora suecica: enumerans plantas sueciae indigenas cum synopsi classium ordinumque, characteribus generum, differentiis specierum, synonymis citationibusque selectis, locis regionibusque natalibus, descriptionibus habitualibus nomina incolarum et qualitates plantarum illustrantibus:post Linnæum edita. Pars posterior. pp. 429-1117. Upsaliae [Uppsala]: suis impensis excudebant Palmblad & C.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Byssus is Byssus jolithus Linnaeus.
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: 02 January 2018
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 January 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024
