Vesiculifera cardiaca Hassall 1842

Oedogonium cardiacum Wittrock ex Hirn

Current name: Oedogonium cardiacum Wittrock ex Hirn
Oogonium. Collected by Howard Matcham, Nr Chichester UK - 01 May 2016. C.F.Carter (chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Vesiculifera cardiaca Hassall 1842: 391

Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1842). Observations on a new group, genus and subgenus of freshwater Confervae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1 10(65): 385-395.

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Publication date: December 1842

Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Oedogonium cardiacum Wittrock ex Hirn.

Source of Synonymy
Huxley, R. & Pentecost, A. (2002). Order Oedogoniales. In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 409-432. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Type Information
Type locality: pond nr. Notting Hill; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 21 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 22 June 2024

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 22 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 June 2025

 
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