Brachysira serians var. thermalis (Grunow) Ubierna-León & Sánchez-Castillo 1991
Publication Details
Brachysira serians var. thermalis (Grunow) Ubierna-León & Sánchez-Castillo 1991: 179
Published in: Ubierna-León, M.A. & Sánchez-Castillo, P.M. (1991). Diatomoflora de varias lagunas de aguas mineralizadas de las provincias de Málaga y Granada. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 49: 171-185.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Brachysira is Brachysira aponina Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Brachysira thermalis (Grunow) Van de Vijver & T.M.Schuster.
Basionym
Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow
Type Information
Type locality: "Thermen Ostindiens" [Hot springs, East Indies] ; (Van Heurck 1880: pl. 12: fig. 10) Lectotype (designated by Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2): F. Stoliczka; BR; BR-4648 (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2) Notes: Navicula serians var. thermalis Grunow (in Van Heurck 1880: pl. 12: fig. 10) was originally described from unspecified hot springs in Eastern Asia (“in Thermen Ostindiens”) based on Grunow sample 928. Based on the notes in Grunow’s accession books, the sample was collected in 1865 and given to Grunow by the Czech palaeontologist Ferdinand Stoliczka (1838–1874), who made several expeditions to Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and the Himalayas." (Van de Vijver & Schuster 2021: 2).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 01 September 2021 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 December 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 December 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
