Microcystis grevillei (Berkeley) Elenkin 1936
Current name:
Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorst
Dense colony. Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, UK - 16 May 2019. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Microcystis grevillei (Berkeley) Elenkin 1936: 334
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 Aphanocapsa grevillei (Berkeley) Rabenhorst.
Source of Synonymy
Whitton, B.A. (2002). Phylum Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 25-122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Basionym
Palmella grevillei Berkeley
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
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 25 November 2024