Gomphonema capitatum var. ventricosum (W.Gregory) Rabenhorst 1864
Publication Details
Gomphonema capitatum var. ventricosum (W.Gregory) Rabenhorst 1864: 288
Published in: Rabenhorst, L. (1864). Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio I. Algas diatomaceas complectens, cum figuris generum omnium xylographice impressis. pp. 1-359. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Apud Eduardum Kummerum.
Request PDFPublication date: Mar-Mai 1864
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gomphonema is Gomphonema acuminatum Ehrenberg.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gomphonema ventricosum W.Gregory.
Basionym
Gomphonema ventricosum W.Gregory
Type Information
Syntype localities: "from banks of the Spey, near Elchies. ... nr. Bridge of Allan: Greville" [Scotland]; (Gregory 1856: 12) Lectotype (River Spey; designated by van de Vijver 2023: 2): BM; BM 0000673 (Van de Vijver & al. 2023: 2) Notes: Isolectotype (River Spey; designated by van de Vijver 2023: 2): BR-4808 (Meise Botanic Garden, Belgium).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), with a knob-like head or tip (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 October 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2024
