Nitzschia epiphytica O.Müller 1905

Publication Details
Nitzschia epiphytica O.Müller 1905: 176, pl. II [2]: figs 17, 18

Published in: Müller, O. (1905). Bacillariaceen aus dem Nyassaland und einigen benachbarten Gebieten. III Folge, Naviculoideae-Naviculeae-Gomphoneminae-Gomphocymbellinae-Cymbellinae. Nitzschioideae-Nitzschieae.. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 36(1/2): 137-206, 2 pls.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Nitzschia is Nitzschia elongata Hassal.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Lake Malawi [formerly Lake Nyassa], near Langenburg, Tanzania; (Cocquyt et al. 2012: 127) Lectotype: Dr. Fülleborn; 17 August 1899; collected at a depth of 40-70 m ; B; slide B 40 0040726 (Cocquyt et al. 2012: 126, 127, fig. 6) Notes: SEM-stub B 40 0040738 (also at B). Since the original slides of N. epiphytica prepared by Müller are lost, new slides of this taxon were prepared for lectotypification from the original sample material available at B (Cocquyt et al. 2012).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Description
Emended LM description and SEM description provided by Cocquyt et al. (2012: 129).

Created: 29 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 02 January 2020

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 January 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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