Calothrix dumus C.D.Villanueva & Casamatta 2019
Publication Details
Calothrix dumus C.D.Villanueva & Casamatta 2019: 12, fig. 10
Published in: Villanueva, C.D., Garvey, A.D., Hašler, P., Dvořák, P., Poulícková, A., Norwich, A.R. & Casamatta, D.A. (2019). Descriptions of Brasilonema geniculatum and Calothrix dumus (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): two new taxa isolated from cementery tombstones. Phytotaxa 387(1): 1-20, 10 figures, 5 tables.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Calothrix is Calothrix confervicola C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: "Granite tombstones from the H. Warren Smith Cemetery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA."; (Villanueva & al. 2019: 14) Type: Tombstone; OL; (Villanueva & al. 2019: 13) Notes: Reference strain: No. UPOC 168/2015, deposited at the culture Collection of Department of Botany, Palacký University in Olomouc,
Czech Republic. Genbank accession numbers: MG674088 (16S rRNA and ITS for cloneA) and MG674087 (16S rRNA and ITS for cloneB)
Created: 07 January 2019 by Salvador Valenzuela Miranda.
Last updated: 18 December 2020
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Habitat note
Tombstones. - (18 December 2020) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 December 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 June 2025
