Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow 1844

Haematococcus lacustris (Girod-Chantrans) Rostafinski

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.

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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.

Type Information
Type locality: "on the footpaths between Hirschberg and Grunau" [Grunau, near Hirshberg in Silesia, Germany]; (Index Nominum Algarum: 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 28 March 2024

 
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