Spirogyra elongata (Vaucher) Dumortier 1822

Publication Details
Spirogyra elongata (Vaucher) Dumortier 1822: 99 (as 'Spirogera')

Published in: Dumortier, B.-C. (1822). Commentationes botanicae. Observations botaniques, dédiées à la Société d'Horticulture de Tournay. pp. [i], [1]-116, [1, tabl., err.]. Tournay: Imprimerie de Ch. Casterman-Dieu, Rue de pont No. 10.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spirogyra is Spirogyra porticalis (O.F.Müller) Dumortier.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spirogyra decimina var. elongata (Vaucher) Petlovany.

Source of Synonymy
Petlovany, O.A. (2015 '2014'). Zygnematales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 4: Charophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 11-61. Ruggell: Koeltz Scientific Books.

Basionym
Conjugata elongata Vaucher

Type Information
Switzerland: near Geneva;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), elongated (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Frequently listed as "Spirogyra longata" but the basionym, Conjugata elongata Vaucher was given as "longata" in text, it was corrected to "elongata" in an Erratum. - (10 February 2013) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by Meneghini, 1837, Conspectus algologiae Euganeae, p. 15, and by Kützing, 1843, Phycologia generalis, p. 279 - (14 February 2015) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 June 2025

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