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Achnanthidium rostropyrenaicum I. Jüttner & E.J. Cox in Jüttner et al. 2011, p. 49; fig. 2-13
StatusValid
Published inJüttner, I., Chimonides, J. and Cox, E.J. 2011 [ref. 013563]. Morphology, ecology and biogeography of diatom species related to Achnanthidium pyrenaicum (Hustedt) Kobayasi (Bacillariophyceae) in streams of the Indian and Nepalese Himalaya. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Algological Studies 136/137:45-76.
TypeHolotype: NMW.C.2007.006.MS43 - National Museum of Wales (Cardiff, NMW) Isotype: BM 101465INA card not found. Click here to check this name in the INA website.
Type LocalityA fast flowing, shaded, 5 m wide stream (MS 43) in the Gorkha district, Gandaki zone, of western Nepal, east of the village of Samagaun (‘Manaslu survey’, Jüttner et al. 2010). The stream is 3295 m a.s.l. with mixed and conifer forest in the catchment, boulder, cobble, pebble and gravel substrata, and a slope of 14°.Language of descriptionL, E
Collectoringrid Jüttner, 16.10.1996.Assessment of record accuracylikely accurate