Ulnaria (Kützing) Compère, 2001
Holotype species: Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg
Currently accepted name for the type species: Ulnaria ulna (Nitzsch) Compère
Original publication:Compère, P. (2001). Ulnaria (Kützing) Compère, a new genus name for Fragilaria subgen. Alterasynedra Lange-Bertalot with comments on the typification of Synedra Ehrenberg. In: Lange-Bertalot Festschrift. Studies on diatoms dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Horst Lange-Bertalot on the occasion of his 65th birthday. (Jahn, R., Kociolek, J.P., Witkowski, A. & Compère, P. Eds), pp. 97-101. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G.
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Type designated in Frenguelli, G. (Frenguelli, J.) (1929). Diatomee fossili delle conche saline del deserto cileno-boliviano. Bolettino della Società Geologica Italiana, Roma 47(2): 185-236, 5 pls [10-14].
Taxonomic status: currently recognized as a distinct genus.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Liu, B., Williams, D.M. & Tan, L. (2017). Three new species of Ulnaria (Bacillariophyta) from the Wuling Mountains Area, China. Phytotaxa 306(4): 241-258, 71 fig.
Nomenclatural notes
From Compère (2001: 100): "Ulnaria (Kützing) Compere, comb. et stat. nov. Basionym: Synedra [unranked] Ulnaria Klitzing, Die kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen, p. 65 (1844). Synonym: Synedra subgen. Ulnaria (Klitzing) Frenguelli, Bollettino della Societa
Geologica Italiana 47, p. 234 (1929). Type: Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg (designated by Frenguelli). Illegitimate synonym: Fragilaria subgen. Alterasynedra Lange-Bertalot, Bibliotheca Diatomologica 27, p. 52 (1993)." - (20 Aug 2022) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic notes
"Currently there are upwards of 30 species in the genus Ulnaria, with a number yet to be described (Williams pers. comm.) or still identified as species of Fragilaria Lyngbye (1819: 182) (Lange-Bertalot & Ulrich 2014 named some obvious species of Ulnaria as Fragilaria). Ulnaria is distributed worldwide but there are species and species groups that are restricted to just one area." (Liu, William & Tan 2017: 256). - (23 Nov 2017) - M.D. Guiry
Numbers of names and species: There are 70 species names in the database at present.
Names: ('C' indicates a name that is accepted taxonomically; 'S' a homotypic or heterotypic synonym; 'U' indicates a name of uncertain taxonomic status, but which has been subjected to some verification nomenclaturally; 'P' indicates a preliminary AlgaeBase entry that has not been subjected to any kind of verification. For more information on a species click on it to activate a link to the Species database):
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References
Ferrario, M.E., Cefarelli, A.O., Robison, B. & Verner, M. (2012). Thalassioneis signyensis (Bacillariophyceae) from northwest Weddell Sea icebergs, an emendation of the generic description. Journal of Phycology 48(1): 222-230.
Fourtanier, E. & Kociolek, J.P., (2003). Addendum to 'Catalogue of the Diatom Genera'. Diatom Research 18(2): 245-258.
Williams, D.M. & Blanco, S. (2020). Studies on type material from Kützing's diatom collection II: Synedra acus Kützing, Synedra arcus Kützing, their morphology, types and nomenclature. Diatom Research 34(4): 237-250.
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Created: 02 November 2003 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 20 August 2022 by M.D. Guiry
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