Cymbella gracilis var. scotica (W.Smith) Rabenhorst 1864
Publication Details
Cymbella gracilis var. scotica (W.Smith) Rabenhorst 1864: 81
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.
Publication date: Mar-Mai 1864
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cymbella is Cymbella cymbiformis C.Agardh.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Encyonema gracile var. scotica (W.Smith) Van Heurck.
Basionym
Cymbella scotica W.Smith
Type Information
Syntype localities: "Pass of Killiecrankie, very plentiful, Mr. P. Grant. Dolgelly Earth." [Britain]; (Smith 1853: 18)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, slender (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 23 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 17 February 2023
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 February 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 April 2024