Microcystis sanguinea (C.Agardh) Kützing 1833

Publication Details
Microcystis sanguinea (C.Agardh) Kützing 1833: 372

Published in: Kützing, F.T. (1833). Beitrag zur Kenntniss über die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niedern vegetabilischen Organismen, nebst einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der hieher gehörigen niedern Algenformen. Linnaea 8: 335-384, plates 6-8.

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Publication date: 1833

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Gloeocapsa sanguinea (C.Agardh) Kützing.

Basionym
Palmella sanguinea C.Agardh

Type Information
Type locality: Rupes verticales insulae Lilla Hessingen [Lilla Hessingen Island, Stockholm, Sweden]; (Agardh 1824: 15)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), blood-red (Stearn 1983).

Created: 22 February 2001 by Sandy Lawson.

Last updated: 11 July 2014

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 July 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 November 2024

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