Batrachospermum breutelii Rabenhorst 1855

Publication Details
Batrachospermum breutelii Rabenhorst 1855: 282

Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1855). Beitrag zur Kryptogamen-Flora Süd-Afrikas. Pilze und Algen. Allg. Deutsch. Naturhist. Zeit., N.F. 1: 280-283.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Genadendalia breutelii (Rabenhorst) M.L.Vis & Necchi.

Source of Synonymy
Vis, M.L. & Necchi, O., Jr. (2021). Subphylum Eurhodophytina, Class Florideophyceae, Subclass Nemaliophycidae, Order Batrachospermales. In: Freshwater red algae Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography. ( Eds), pp. 129-332. Cham: Springer [Springer Nature Switzerland AG].

Type Information
Type locality: Genadendal, South Africa; (Rabenhorst 1855: 137) Holotype: J.C. Breutel; 1854; G; 00261325 (Vis & Necchi 2021: 137)

Eponomy
Named for the collector, J.C. Breutel.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 03 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 April 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Section Gonimopropagulum R.G. Sheath & A. Whittock 1995: 38, invalid (INA). - (29 July 2020) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 06 June 2025