Chantransia vaginata (Ducluzeau) Desvaux 1813

Publication Details
Chantransia vaginata (Ducluzeau) Desvaux 1813: 146

Published in: Desvaux, N.A. (1813). Observations botaniques st agricoles, faites pendant un voyage sur la Loire. Journal de botanique appliquée à l'agriculture, à la pharmacie, à la médecine et aux arts 2: 145–152.

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 glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing.

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
Conferva vaginata Ducluzeau

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), sheathed (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 28 May 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 03 May 2024

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Taxonomic note
Garbary (1987: 217) lists this species 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. 03 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 July 2025