Botryococcus braunii

Botryococcus braunii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Botryococcaceae
Genus: Botryococcus
Species: Botryococcus braunii

Name

Botryococcus braunii Kützing, 1849: 892

• Type locality: In lacu Neoburgense, Helvetiae [Lake Neuenburg = Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland].
• Type: A. Braun 115; L?; Isotype: UC 790500.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
• Botryococcus giganteus Reinsch, 1877: 239
  • Type locality: [South Africa]: in the fountain at Government House.
• Thallodesmium wallichianum W.B.Turner, 1893: 159, pl. XX: fig. 31
  • Type locality: Bengal.

References

Primary references

• Kützing, F.T. 1849. Species algarum. pp. i–vi, 1–922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus. BHL Reference page. 
• Reinsch, P.F. 1877. Contributiones ad floram algarum aquae dulcis Promentorii Caput Bonae Spei. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 16 (Part 1): 232–248. BHL Reference page. 
• Turner, W.B. 1893. '1892'. Algae aquae dulcis Indiae orientalis. The freshwater algae (principally Desmidieae) of East India. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 25(5): 1–187. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2022. Botryococcus braunii. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2022-04-22.