Gloeocapsa decorticans (A.Braun) P.Richter 1930

Publication Details
Gloeocapsa decorticans (A.Braun) P.Richter 1930: 184

Published in: Geitler, L. (1930). Cyanophyceae. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 14, pp. [1]-288. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Gloeocapsa is Gloeocapsa atrata Kützing.

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

Basionym
Chroococcus decorticans A.Braun

Origin of Species Name
Participle B (Latin), with bark or covering peeling off (Stearn 1983).

Created: 29 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 31 August 2020

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Nomenclatural note
Some authors refer to a combination made in Wille (1925). - (12 November 2019) - M.D. Guiry

Habitat note
Apart from caves, known from wet or dry, periodically moist stony and rocky walls and from rocks sprinkled with water (Komárek & Anagnostidis 1998). - (18 May 2020) - M.D. Guiry

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