Rhaphidium polymorphum var. falcatum (Corda) Rabenhorst 1868

Publication Details
Rhaphidium polymorphum var. falcatum (Corda) Rabenhorst 1868: 45

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1868). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio III. Algae chlorophyllophyceas, melanophyceas et rhodophyceas complectens. pp. i-xx, 1-461, 51 figs. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.

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Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Rhaphidium is Rhaphidium fasciculatum Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs.

Basionym
Micrasterias falcatus Corda

Type Information
Type locality: Czech Republic: Carlsbad [Karlovy Vary]; (INA 1996) Type: A.J.C. Corda; (INA 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), polymorphous, polymorphic; variable in form (Brown 1954).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 30 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 04 January 2017

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Taxonomic note
Combination also proposed by De Toni - (04 January 2017) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 January 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025

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