Orthoseira madagascarensis Spaulding & Kociolek ex Kociolek, Q.Liu & Danz 2022
Publication Details
Orthoseira madagascarensis Spaulding & Kociolek ex Kociolek, Q.Liu & Danz 2022: 349, figs 11-17, 29-41
Published in: Kociolek, J.P., Liu, Q. & Danz, A. ('2021' 2022). New and interesting diatoms from the Shimen wetwalls, Yunnan Province, China. I. Valve morphology of Melosira radiato-sinuata var. yunnanica Chen (Bacillariophyta: Melosirales) from Yunnan Province, China, with comments on its systematic position. Diatom Research 36(4): 345-351, 15 figs.
Publication date: 2022 (Feb. 8) '2021'
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Orthoseira is Melosira americana Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Liparogyra madagascarensis (Spaulding & Kociolek ex Kociolek, Q.Liu & Danz) Danz & Kociolek.
Source of Synonymy
Danz, A., Kociolek, J.P., Van de Vijver, B., Kusber, W.-H., Guerrero, J.M., Vouilloud, A.A. & Sala, S.E. (2024). A morphology-based phylogeny of the diatoms formerly assigned to the Orthoseiraceae (Bacillariophyta): phylogenetic relationships, character analysis and classification. European Journal of Phycology 59(3): 290–310, 1 figure, 3 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: Madagascar. "cascade des Roussettes, Montagne d'Ambre"; (INA 1996) Type: 1934; CAS; 615808 (INA 1996)
Created: 21 September 2022 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 03 September 2024
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Nomenclatural note
(in Diatom Research 13: 133. 1998) fide INA. - (27 August 2024) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 September 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 June 2025
