Prolifera vaucheri Le Clerc, nom. inval. 1817

Current name: Oedogonium vaucheri A.Braun ex Hirn
Collected by Howard Matcham, Flooded area, Fishbourne, Nr Chichester, UK. - 07 May 2014. C.F.Carter(chris.carter'at'6cvw.freeuk.com

Publication Details
Prolifera vaucheri Le Clerc, nom. inval. 1817: 474, pl. 23: fig. 4

Published in: Le Clerc, L. (1817). Sur la fructification du genre Prolifère du Vaucher. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 3: 462-478, pl. 23.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Prolifera is Prolifera rivularis (Linnaeus) Vaucher.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Oedogonium vaucheri A.Braun ex Hirn.

Source of Synonymy
Mrozinska, T. (1985). Chlorophyta VI. Oedogoniophyceae: Oedogoniales. In: Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 14. (Ettl, H, Gerloff, J., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-624. Stuttgart, New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag.

Type Information
no locality cited ; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 25 March 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 20 August 2020

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Taxonomic note
Invalid: pre-starting point name. - (05 June 2013) - M.D. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025