Skip to main content
Publications | Persons | Institutes | Projects
[ report an error in this record ]basket (0): add | show Print this page

Analysis of the type material of Achnanthes hauckiana Grunow (Achnanthaceae, Bacillariophyceae)
Kulaš, A.; Udovic, M.G.; Ector, L.; Van de Vijver, B. (2020). Analysis of the type material of Achnanthes hauckiana Grunow (Achnanthaceae, Bacillariophyceae). Botany Letters 167(4): 439-452. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/23818107.2020.1808527
In: Botany Letters. Taylor & Francis: London. ISSN 2381-8107; e-ISSN 2381-8115, more
Peer reviewed article  

Available in  Authors 

Keywords
    Achnanthes hauckiana Grunow, 1880 [WoRMS]; Planothidium F.E. Round & L. Bukhtiyarova, 1996 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Planothidium; ecology; type material; Croatia; morphology

Authors  Top 
  • Kulaš, A.
  • Udovic, M.G.
  • Ector, L., more
  • Van de Vijver, B., more

Abstract
    The type material of Achnanthes hauckiana Grunow has been investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The species, transferred to the genus Planothidium, was frequently reported from brackish and even marine environments. The original Grunow material was collected from a karstic spring near Trieste. Analysis of the material and of samples collected from the Croatian Krka River, resulted in a better understanding of the morphology of Planothidium hauckianum and a better characterization of the diatom flora of which it is a dominant component. The paper compares the species with similar Planothidium species from the P. delicatulum complex and revises published images of P. hauckianum in literature, making it clear that all reported and illustrated brackish populations of P. hauckianum belong to different, often unknown species. The presence of Planothidium hauckianum is limited to karstic spring areas, most likely showing a very restricted biogeographical distribution.

All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Authors