Decussata placenta var. obtusa (F.Meister) Lange-Bertalot, nom. inval. 2000

Publication Details
Decussata placenta var. obtusa (F.Meister) Lange-Bertalot, nom. inval. 2000: 671

Published in: Lange-Bertalot, H. (2000). Transfer to the generic rank of Decussata Patrick as a subgenus of Navicula Bory. Iconographia Diatomologica 9: 670-673, 9 figs in 1 pl.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Decussata is Decussata placenta (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot & Metzeltin.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Decussiphycus placenta var. obtusus (F.Meister) Guiry & Gandhi.

Source of Synonymy
Ducellier, F. (1914). Catalogue des Desmidiacées de la Suisse et de quelques localités frontières. Annuaire du Conservatoire et du Jardin botaniques de Genève 18: 1-7.

Basionym
Navicula placenta var. obtusa F.Meister

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 18 August 2004 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 27 February 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: genus name invalid. - (27 February 2019) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 27 February 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 July 2025

 
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