Palmella grevillei Berkeley 1832
Current name:
Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorst
prox. Castor Hanglands, Northamptonshire (VC32), UK. Collected by Rachel Carter. - 29 September 2011. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Palmella grevillei Berkeley 1832: 16, pl. 5: fig. 1 (as 'Grevillei')
Published in: Berkeley, M.J. (1832). Gleanings of British algae; being an appendix to the supplement to English Botany. , pls 5-8. London: C.E. Sowerby.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 September 1832
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Palmella is Palmella hyalina Lyngbye.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorst.
Type Information
Type locality: "...on wet rabit-dung upon a grassy ant-hill ... at Wansford, Northamptonshire." [England]; (Berkeley 1832: 16)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 23 May 2014
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 23 May 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 10 December 2023
