CAS Catalogue of Diatom Names

Catalogue of Diatom Names, On-Line Version, Updated 19 Sep 2011

Achnanthes alteragracillima Lange-Bertalot 1993, p. 2; pl. 35, fig. 1-3
Status	Valid
Comments	New name for Microneis gracillima Meister 1912 (priority for Achnanthes gracillima Hustedt 1927)
Published in	Lange-Bertalot, H. 1993 [ref. 008467]. 85 neue taxa und über 100 weitere neu definierte Taxa ergänzend zur Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Vol. 2/1-4. Bibliotheca Diatomologica 27:164 pp., 134 pls. [Plates from this publication were reduced by error to 90%, plates were reprinted at the correct size in ref. 009003]
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Collector		Assessment of record accuracy	likely accurate
List of nomenclatural synonyms	Achnanthes gracillima ‘Meister’ Mills 1933 Achnanthes minutissima f. gracillima (Meister) Cleve-Euler 1932 Microneis gracillima Meister 1912 Achnanthes microcephala var. gracillima (Meister) Cleve-Euler 1953 Achnanthes minutissima var. gracillima (Meister) Lange-Bertalot in Lange-Bertalot & Krammer 1989 Achnanthidium alteragracillimum Round & Bukhtiyarova 1996 Achnanthidium minutissimum var. gracillima (Meister) Bukhtiyarova 1995 Achnanthidium altergracillima (Lange-Bertalot) Round & Bukhtiyarova 1996 Achnanthidium gracillimum (Meister) Mayama in Kobayasi et al. 2006 Achnanthidium gracillimum (Meister) Lange-Bertalot in Krammer & Lange-Bertalot 2004