Chloroidium engadinense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Watanabeales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Chlorophyta Subphylum: Chlorophytina Classis: Trebouxiophyceae Ordo: Watanabeales

Familia: Watanabeaceae
Genus: Chloroidium
Species: Chloroidium engadinense

Name

Chloroidium engadinense (Vischer) Darienko, Gustavs, Mudimu, Menéndez, Schumann, Karsten, Friedl & Pröschold, Europ. J. Phycol. 45: 93, figs. 22-28. 2010 ("engadinensis").

• Type locality: Unterengadin, Switzerland. (Umgebung des Hotels Il Fuorn an der Ofenpaß-Straße, 1800-1950 m, schattiger, humoser Nordhang).
• Type: authentic strain (SAG 812-1), cryopreserved in a metabolically inactive state (epitype) W. Vischer; Terrestrial, soil; Cultur Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Oban , Scotland.

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Chlorocloster engadinensis Vischer, 1945: 491, fig. 8

References

Primary references

• Darienko, T., Gustavs, L., Mudimu, O., Menendez, C.R., Schumann, R., Karsten, U., Friedl, T. & Pröschold, T. 2010. Chloroidium, a common terrestrial coccoid green alga previously assigned to Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 45(1): 79–95. Reference page. 
• Vischer, W. 1945. Heterokonten aus alpinen Böden, speziell dem Schweizerischen Nationalpark. Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung des schweizerischen Nationalparkes 1(12): 481–512. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2022. Chloroidium engadinensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2022-04-26.