Iconella likomensis (Cocquyt & R. Jahn) Cocquyt & R. Jahn, 2017

Jahn, Regine, Kusber, Wolf-Henning & Cocquyt, Christine, 2017, Differentiating Iconella from Surirella (Bacillariophyceae): typifying four Ehrenberg names and a preliminary checklist of the African taxa, PhytoKeys 82, pp. 73-112 : 84

Iconella likomensis (Cocquyt & R. Jahn) Cocquyt & R. Jahn comb. nov.

≡ Surirella likomensis Cocquyt & R. Jahn in Willdenowia 35: 361. 2005.

≡ Surirella bifrons [var. tumida ] f. minor O. Müll. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 28, pl. 1, fig. 3. 1903.

Lectotype

(designated by Cocquyt and Jahn 2005a). [icon] Müller 1903: t. 1, fig. 3; reproduced as Fig. 4 in Cocquyt and Jahn (2005) Lake Nyassa [Lake Malawi] near Likoma on the bottom.

Epitype

(designated by Cocquyt and Jahn 2005a). B 40 0040180 [http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B400040180] Lake Malombe after discharge of Lake Malawi, Malawi (sample B 52 0000039 [http://herbarium.bgbm.org/object/B520000039].

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Taxonomical remark.

According to Cocquyt and Jahn (2005a), the taxonomic concept Surirella biseriata var. bifrons (Ehrenb.) Hust. sec. Hustedt in Schmidt (1912) pro parte falls into synonymy.

Figures

Figure 4. Surirella undulata. A-C Drawing BHUPM 1163 D Lectotype: BHUPM 540138 - 6, Trockenpraeparate CXXXVIII 6. Scale bar for D = 10 µm.