Zygnema grevilleanum Hassall 1842

Publication Details
Zygnema grevilleanum Hassall 1842: 38 (as 'Grevilleanum')

Published in: Hassall, A.H. (1842). Observations on the genera Zygnema, Tyndaridea, and Mougeotia with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 1 10(62): 34-47.

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Publication date: September 1842

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Zygnema is Zygnema cruciatum (Vaucher) C.Agardh.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spirogyra weberi var. grevilleana (Hassal) O.Kirchner.

Source of Synonymy
Petlovany, O.A. (2015 '2014'). Zygnematales. In: Algae of Ukraine: diversity, nomenclature, taxonomy, ecology and geography. Volume 4: Charophyta. (Tsarenko, P.M., Wasser, S.P. & Nevo, E. Eds), pp. 11-61. Ruggell: Koeltz Scientific Books.

Type Information
Type locality: No locality given; (Hassall 1842: 38)

Eponomy
"I have taken the liberty of assigning the name of Dr. Greville, author of the excellent Algae Britannicae as a slight mark of personal respect,..."

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 01 April 2003 by Andy Taylor.

Last updated: 03 November 2016

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 November 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 June 2025

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