Frustulia maoriana Lange-Bertalot & T.Beier

Type slide

Slide Oz-52 in Lange-Bertalot collection (FR). Isotype slide NZ-171c and residual type sample NZ-171f in the collection of the Limnological Station, Technical University of Munich. Collected from Mahinapua Swamp, West Coast District, South Island, New Zealand.

Institution holding the type material

Herbarium Senckenbergianum Frankfurt (FR) Link

Publication

A synopsis of cosmopolitan, rare and new Frustulia species (Bacillariophyceae) from ombrotrophic peat bogs and minerotrophic swamps in New Zealand. Link

Known distribution

New Zealand

Known from acidic, oligotrophic to mesotrophic lowland wetlands on the south-western coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

Etymology

"...derived from Maori, the native population and native language
of New Zealand."

Molecular data

Description

Reproduction pending online publication of all the relevant material at request of the publisher.

Notes

Images published online with kind permission of Herbarium Senckenbergianum Frankfurt.

Funding from TFBIS (Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System), administered by the New Zealand Department of Conservation, is gratefully acknowledged.

Reference

Beier T, Lange-Bertalot H 2007. A synopsis of cosmopolitan, rare and new Frustulia species (Bacillariophyceae) from ombrotrophic peat bogs and minerotrophic swamps in New Zealand. Nova Hedwigia 85: 73-91.