Batrachospermum moniliforme var. confusum (Bory) Duby 1830

Sheathia confusa (Bory) Salomaki & M.L.Vis

Current name: Sheathia confusa (Bory) Salomaki & M.L.Vis
Prox. Filaments and branching with some calcification, at low magnification. Dodford, Northants, UK, In a fast stream. - 04 February 2009. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Batrachospermum moniliforme var. confusum (Bory) Duby 1830: 979

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: VF 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 Sheathia confusa (Bory) Salomaki & M.L.Vis.

Basionym
Batrachospermum ludibundum var. confusum Bory

Type Information
Type locality: "environs de Fougères en Bretagne, an VI [Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France]; (Salomaki et al. 2014: 536) "Holotype": Bory; An VI [1798]; PC; 0591436 (Vis & Necchi 2021: 284) Notes: "Je l'ai observée en France , en Espagne, en Allemagne, en Pologne et dans la Prusse Ducale." PC 0591436 requires to be designated as lectotype.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), moniliform, cylindrical but contracted at regular intervals like a string of beads (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 March 2017 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 30 June 2017

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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 29 March 2024

 
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