Tolypothrix distorta var. penicillata (C.Agardh) Lemmermann 1907
Current name:
Tolypothrix penicillata Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault
Subtended multiple heterocysts. Abington Meadow, Northampton, UK. - 03 July 2009. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Tolypothrix distorta var. penicillata (C.Agardh) Lemmermann 1907: 218
Published in: Lemmermann, E. (1907). Algen I (Schizophyceen, Flagellaten, Peridineen). In: Kryptogamenflora der Mark Brandenburg und angrenzender Gebiete herausgegeben von dem Botanishcen Verein der Provinz Brandenburg. Dritter Band. ( Eds), pp. 1-304. Leipzig: Verlag von Grebrüder Borntraeger.
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Tolypothrix is Tolypothrix distorta Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tolypothrix penicillata Thuret ex Bornet & Flahault.
Basionym
Scytonema penicillatum C. Agardh
Type Information
Type locality: ad lapides et Fontinalem in aqua citissime currente fluvii prope Nattraby Blekingiae; (Index Nominum Algarum)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 15 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 18 July 2019
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 18 July 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 April 2024