Chantransia violacea var. expansa (H.C.Wood) Wolle 1887

Publication Details
Chantransia violacea var. expansa (H.C.Wood) Wolle 1887: 59

Published in: Wolle, F. (1887). Fresh-Water Algæ of the United States; (exclusive of the Diatomaceæ) complemental to Desmids of the United States. Vol. 1-2 pp. 364, 157 plates. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Comenius Press.

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Publication date: 1887

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 Audouinella violacea var. expansa (H.C.Wood) G.M.Smith.

Source of Synonymy
Smith, G.M. (1933). The fresh-water algae of the United States. pp. [i]-xi, 1-716, 449 figs, 2 tables. New York & London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc..

Basionym
Chantransia expansa H.C.Wood

Type Information
USA: Pennsylvania: near Philadelphia.;

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), violet, refers to the blue-red colours nearer blue (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 07 August 2003 by Elizabeth Moran.

Last updated: 13 March 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Combination also proposed by Brandt 1909. Hedwigia 49: 116, with the same Basionym. (See INA) - (13 March 2019) - Salvador Valenzuela Miranda

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 04 June 2025

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