Scytonema hoffmannii var. calcicola Hansgirg 1890

Publication Details
Scytonema hoffmannii var. calcicola Hansgirg 1890: 97 (as 'calcicolum')

Published in: Hansgirg, A. (1891). Physiologische und algologische Mitteilungen. Sitzungsberichte der königlichen böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe 1890(2): 83-140, plate 3.

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Publication date: 1891

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scytonema is Scytonema hoffmannii C.Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Scytonema hoffmannii f. calcicola (Hansgirg) Kossinskaja.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 21 August 2004 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 28 August 2023

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Nomenclatural note
Corrected to "calcicola"; Art. 23.5. "... the usage of the word element -cola as an adjective is a correctable error." - (29 August 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 May 2025

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