Notes on the diatom collection of the Natural History Museum, London (BM) VIII: the types of Arachnoidiscus in Brown’s monograph (Brown 1933)
Williams, D.M. (2023). Notes on the diatom collection of the Natural History Museum, London (BM) VIII: the types of Arachnoidiscus in Brown’s monograph (Brown 1933). Diatom Research 38(4): 181-208. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0269249x.2023.2274330
In: Diatom Research. Taylor & Francis: Bristol Avon. ISSN 0269-249X; e-ISSN 2159-8347, more
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| Keywords |
Arachnoidiscus H. Deane ex G. Shadbolt, 1852 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
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Nicholas Edward Brown; type specimens; Arachnoidiscus; specimen collections |
| Abstract |
Nicholas Edward Brown, a botanist primarily interested in the African flowering plant flora, was also an active member of the Quekett Microscopical Club. In 1933, he published a monograph on the genus Arachnoidiscus. Brown had described Arachnoidiscus antarcticus in 1920 and went on to add a further 19 more new species to the genus. The present contribution is not intended as a review of Brown’s species in Arachnoidiscus, but an account of the specimens available in BM that went towards its creation, with some notes on nomenclature. A few words are devoted to other species Brown described, and other names he proposed.
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