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| Achnanthes J.B.M. Bory de Saint-Vincent 1822, pg. 79, 593 (vol. 1) | |
| Generitype | LT: Achnanthes adnata Bory de Saint Vincent 1822 |
| Designated by | C.S. Boyer (000946), p. 229 |
| Year Designated | 1927 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid |
| Recent revisions | Lange-Bertalot & Krammer, 1989 (ref. 006174); Lange-Bertalot & Compere 1997 (ref. 006890) |
| Comments | Three species are included in this genus by Bory (p. 79-80): Achnanthes adnata Bory, A. bacillarioides Bory & A. dubia Bory. According to Bory, these 3 species are grouped together by Lyngbye (Tent. Hydroph., p. 210, pl. 70B. 1819) under the name Echinella stipitata. Bory also wrote (p. 593): "Une Echinelle de Lyngbye est le type de ce genre." Lange-Bertalot & Compère 1997 (ref. 006890) proposed to conserve the name Achnanthes with a conserved type, A. minutissima Kützing. This proposal has been rejected by the permanent committee for algal nomenclature (pers. com. of P. Compère, secretary of the committee). |
| Published in |
Bory de Saint-Vincent, J.B.M. and coll. . 1822-1831 (ref. 145) Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle Paris. Rey & Gravier, libraires-éditeurs; Baudouin Frères, libraires-éditeurs., Vol:vol. 1 to 17 |