Zygnema insigne (Hassall) Kützing, nom. illeg. 1849

Publication Details
Zygnema insigne (Hassall) Kützing, nom. illeg. 1849: 444

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.

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Publication date: 23-24 July 1849

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zygnema is Zygnema cruciatum (Vaucher) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Zygnema anglicum Guiry.

Source of Synonymy
Guiry, M.D. (2024). Zygnema anglicum Guiry, a replacement name for Zygnema insigne (Hassall) Kützing, nom. illeg., non Zygnema insigne Hassall (Zygnemataceae, Zygnematophyceae). Notulae Algarum 320: 1-2, 1 fig..

Basionym
Tendaridea insignis Hassall

Type Information
Syntype localities: High Beech, Wanstead, and other places; Ruthall Common; in pool by by roadside between Cross in Hand and Heathfield: pond near Five Ashes, Mayfield; on Waterdown Forest; Greatham and Storington Commons; (INA 1996) Type: Hassall; Jenner; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective B (Latin), distinguished, extraordinary, famous, aristocratic, highborn, infamous, notorius.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 28 February 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: priority for Zygnema insigne Hassall, 1845. - (26 February 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 03 July 2025

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