Porocyclia dendrophila Ehrenberg 1848
Publication Details
Porocyclia dendrophila Ehrenberg 1848: 219
Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1848). Über eigenthümliche auf den Bäumen des Urwaldes in Süd-Amerika zahlreich lebende mikroskopische oft kieselschalige Organismen. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1848: 213-220.
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This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Porocyclia.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Liparogyra dendrophila (Ehrenberg) Danz & Kociolek.
Source of Synonymy
Danz, A., Kociolek, J.P., Van de Vijver, B., Kusber, W.-H., Guerrero, J.M., Vouilloud, A.A. & Sala, S.E. (2024). A morphology-based phylogeny of the diatoms formerly assigned to the Orthoseiraceae (Bacillariophyta): phylogenetic relationships, character analysis and classification. European Journal of Phycology 59(3): 290–310, 1 figure, 3 tables.
Type Information
Type locality: Venezuela, tropical rainforest at La Guayra on roots of Lomaria lineata [a fern]; (Houk & al. 2017: 32) Lectotype (designated by whom?): B; Stripe 190210, Case 19, Box 2B Ehrenberg Coll (Houk & al. 2017: 32)
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 26 August 2024
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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 26 August 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 June 2025
