Ulnaria (Kützing) Compère, 2001

Holotype species: Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg

Publication details: (Kützing) Compère, 2001: 100

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].

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-08-20 by M.D. Guiry.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

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 note
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 August 2022) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
"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 November 2017) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 27 April 2025