Batrachospermum guianense (Montagne) Kumano, nom. illeg. 1990

Publication Details
Batrachospermum guianense (Montagne) Kumano, nom. illeg. 1990: 281, figs 6-12 (as 'guyanense')

Published in: Kumano, S. (1990). Carpogonia and carposporophytes of Montagne's taxa of Batrachospermum (Rhodophyta) from French Guiana. Cryptogamie Algologie 11(4): 281-292.

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Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Batrachospermum is Conferva gelatinosa Linnaeus.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Visia cayennensis (Montagne ex Kützing) Necchi & A.García.

Source of Synonymy
Entwisle, T.J., Vis, M.L., Chiasson, W.B., Necchi Jr., O. & Sherwood, A.R. (2009). Systematics of the Batrachospermales (Rhodophyta) - a synthesis. Journal of Phycology 45(3): 704-715, 2 figs, 1 table.

Basionym
Batrachospermum vagum var. guyanense Montagne

Type Information
Type locality: French Guiana: Cayenne; (INA 1996) Type: Leprieur 1108; PC; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 April 2022

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Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Batrachospermum guianense (Montagne) Kützing; "i" and "y" are interchangeable in Latin, and the same country is in question. - (24 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 11 July 2025

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