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| Plagiotropis E. Pfitzer 1871, pg. 93 | |
| Generitype | T: Plagiotropis baltica E. Pfitzer 1871 |
| Designated by | Pfitzer, E. |
| Year Designated | 1871 |
| Nomenclatural status | valid/illegitimate |
| Recent revisions | Paddock 1988 (ref. 006160), Czarnecki 1984 (ref. 006898) |
| Comments | Type by monotypy. Comments: Later homonym of Plagiotropis F. von Mueller 1857. See P.T. Cleve 1891 (ref. 000228) p. 53 where Cleve groups genus Plagiotropis, genus Amphoropsis and genus Orthotropis into the genus Tropidoneis Cleve. See also Cleve 1894 (ref. 000232) p. 22-24. Paddock 1988 (ref. 006160), p. 70, indicates that the type of the genus is Plagiotropis vitrea (Smith) Kuntze (= Amphiprora vitrea Smith 1853). Cleve 1891 (ref. 000228), p. 52, had indicated that Amphiprora vitrea is synonym with Plagiotropis baltica. See Tropidoneis Cleve 1891 (taxonomic synonym). |
| Published in |
Pfitzer, E. 1871 (ref. 754) Untersuchungen uber Bau und Entwickelung der Bacillariaceen (Diatomaceen). Botanische Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Morphologie und Physiologie. Herausg. von J. Hanstein, Bonn.[Heft 2], 189 pp., 6 pls. |