Staurosirella vanheurckiana Van de Vijver, Ballings & M.de Haan

Staurosirella vanheurckiana Van de Vijver, Ballings & M.de Haan

Staurosirella vanheurckiana Van de Vijver, Ballings & M.de Haan in PhytoKeys 242: 150, fig. 6. 31 May 20241

Holotype: Belgium, Leuven, P. Gautier Van Heurck exsiccata set Types du Synopsis 315 (BR: BR-4844)2

Isotype: Belgium, Leuven, P. Gautier Van Heurck exsiccata set Types du Synopsis 315 (University of Antwerp: Slide 446)2

1. Etymology: The new species is named in honour of Henri Van Heurck (1838-1909), the most famous Belgian diatomist whose Types du Synopsis Atlas (Van Heurck 1880-1885) was one of the first comprehensive illustrated diatom monographs in the world, 2. Fig. 6J illustrates the holotype specimen