Scenedesmus verrucosus Y.V.Roll 1925

Publication Details
Scenedesmus verrucosus Y.V.Roll 1925: 145, pl. 6: fig. 36

Published in: Roll, Y.V. (1925). Novyye vidy vodorosley naydennyye v okrestnostyakh Sev.-Donetskoy biologicheskoy stantsii [New species of algae found in the vicinity of the North-Donetsk Biological Station]. Russkii Arkhiv Protistologii 4(3-4): 137-152, plates 5-6. [in Russian with French abstract]

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Publication date: 1925

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Scenedesmus is Scenedesmus obtusus Meyen.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Verrucodesmus verrucosus (Y.V.Roll) E.Hegewald.

Source of Synonymy
Hegewald, E., Bock, C. & Krienitz, L. (2013). A phylogenetic study on Scenedesmaceae with the description of a new species of Pectinodesmus and the new genera Verrucodesmus and Chodatodesmus (Chlorophyta, Chlorophyceae). Fottea 14(2): 149-164.

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), warty (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 July 2023

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 July 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 09 June 2025