Chantransia crispa (Vaucher) Lamarck & De Candolle 1805
Publication Details
Chantransia crispa (Vaucher) Lamarck & De Candolle 1805: 52
Published in: Lamarck, J.B., de & De Candolle, A.P. (1805). Flore française, ou descriptions succinctes de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement en France, disposées selon une nouvelle méthode d'analyse, et précédées par un exposé des principes élémentaires de la botanique. Troisième Édition. Tome second. pp. i-xii, 1-600, 1 folded map. Parisiis [Paris]: Chez H. Agasse, rue de Poitevine, No. 6 de l'Imprimerie de Stoupe, An XIII (1805).
Request PDFPublication date: 17 September 1805
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Chantransia is Chantransia nigricans De Candolle.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cladophora rivularis (Linnaeus) Kuntze.
Source of Synonymy
Hoek, C. van den (1963). Revision of the European species of Cladophora. pp. [i]-vii, [1]-248, 1 fig., 18 maps, + 55 pls. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
Basionym
Prolifera crispa Vaucher
Type Information
Notes: Van de Hoek (1963: 113) notes type specimen lost (see Blum, 1953). Description and figure, however, suggest Cl. rivularis.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), crisped, irregularly waved and twisted (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 02 May 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 02 May 2024
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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 50) list this species as Chantransia crispa (Vaucher ) De Candolle in Lamarck & De Candolle, and as a problematic and excluded species. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025
