Nostoc spumigena (Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault) Drouet 1978
Current name:
Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault
Late stage akinetes and heterocysts. Collected by Alan Butler, Orkney, Scotland. - 23 June 2010. C.F.Carter(chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Nostoc spumigena (Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault) Drouet 1978: 122, figs 24-25
Published in: Drouet, F. (1978). Revision of the Nostocaceae with constricted trichomes. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 57: i-v, 1-258, 42 figures.
Request PDFPublication date: 1978
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Nostoc is Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault.
Basionym
Nodularia spumigena Mertens ex Bornet & Flahault
Type Information
Type locality: Norderney, East Frisian Islands, Germany [see note below]; (Silva & al. 1996: 70) Notes: Europe; Australia (INA). The above type locality refers to Nostoc spumigena Mertens in Jürgens 1822 [Nostoc spumigena (Mertens) Drouet 1978].
General Environment
This is a freshwatermarine species.
Created: 21 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 09 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 09 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
