Polysperma fluviatile (Linnaeus) Vaucher 1803

Publication Details
Polysperma fluviatile (Linnaeus) Vaucher 1803: 99

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Polysperma.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Chantransia fluviatilis (Linnaeus) De Candolle.

Basionym
Conferva fluviatilis Linnaeus

Type Information
Type locality: "in Europae rivulis fluviisque pacatioribus"; (Linnaeus 1753: 1165) Lectotype (designated by Irvine in Spencer & al. 2009: 243; see below): OXF; (Spencer & al. 2009: 243) Notes: "Conferva fluviatilis L., Sp. Pl.: 1165. 1753 = Lemanea fluviatilis (L.) C. Agardh: Rhodophyceae - Lectotype (designated here by Irvine): [illustration in] Dillenius, Hist. Muse.: t. 7, f. 47. 1742. - Voucher: Herb. Dillenius (OXF) "Conferva fluviatilis lubrica setosa, Equiseti facie" (Spencer & al. eds 2009: 243). Turner (1804: 108) and Druce & Vines (1907: 190) determined the Herb. Dillenius material as C. fluviatilis and L. fluviatilis respectively. Silva (1952: 262) discussed the Historia Muscorum figure without selecting it as the type; he further (p. 272) commented that there was an authentically named specimen in LINN. The only relevant specimen is Herb. Linn. No. 1277.38 (LINN), but this is annotated only by F. Ehrhart and it is therefore not original material.'

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 05 August 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 04 July 2021

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 04 July 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024

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