Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow 1844
Current name:
Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: birdbath, cyst - 07 April 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow 1844: 415, 537, pls XXIV, XXV [24, 25]
Published in: Flotow, J. von (1844). Beobachtungen über Haematococcus pluvialis. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher 12(Abt. 2): 413-606, 3 pls.
Type Species
This is the type species (lectotype) of the genus Haematococcus.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski.
Source of Synonymy
Nakada, T. & Ota, S. (2016). What is the correct name for the type of Haematococcus Flot. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae)?. Taxon 65(2): 343-348, 4 figures.
Type Information
Type locality: "on the footpaths between Hirschberg and Grunau" [Grunau, near Hirshberg in Silesia, Germany]; (INA 1996: 413) Lectotype: Flotow (1844), pl. XXV, fig. 70: (designated in support of lectotype) cryopreserved strain SAG192.80 (epitype) (Allewaert et al. 2015: 591) Notes: "On a small botanical excursion with Dr. Körher on 6 September 1841, we found in the shallow cavity of a granite slab ...
the bridge over the moat and the on the footpaths between Hirschberg and the neighbouring village of Grunau ... forms in stagnant
rainwater , a red matter ..." [from the German]
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), produced by rain.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Description
emend Wille 1903 (Pentecost in John et al. 2002: 319).
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 April 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 December 2024