Description

Note: See Christensen (in Brit. Phycol. Bull. 3: 465. 1968), who discussed Dillenius' description, figures and voucher material in OXF (the latter reproduced as f. 5, 6), stating (p. 463) that the Dillenian material was the type. This, however, was not seen by Linnaeus and is not original material for the name. Christensen (in Brit. Phycol. J. 21: 275. 1986) subsequently treated Linnaeus' description as the type but this is contrary to Art. 8.1.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Chromista

Phylum: Ochrophyta

Class: Xanthophyceae

Order: Vaucheriales

Family: Vaucheriaceae

Genus: Vaucheria

Species: Vaucheria dichotoma (L.) Mart.