Microcystis aeruginosa f. flos-aquae (Wittrock) Elenkin 1936
Current name:
Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner
Mícara water reservoir, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba; mixed bloom with 3 other species - 05 July 2019. Liliana María Goméz Luna
Publication Details
Microcystis aeruginosa f. flos-aquae (Wittrock) Elenkin 1936: 68, fig. 28d
Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1936). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Obshchaya chast' [Blue-green algae of the USSR. Monograph of freshwater and terrestrial Syanofiseae found within the USSR. A common part]. pp. [1]-679, 91 figs. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian]
Publication date: May 1936
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 Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner.
Basionym
Polycystis flos-aquae Wittrock
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: lake Kalungen; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), verdigris (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 01 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 March 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024