Microcystis pulverea f. elachista (West & G.S.West) Elenkin 1938
Publication Details
Microcystis pulverea f. elachista (West & G.S.West) Elenkin 1938: 124
Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1938). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. I. I. Chroococcaceae Geitl.; II. Chamaesiphoneae Geitl.; III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk.: poryadok Stigonematales Geitl.; poryadok Mastigocladales Elenk.; poryadok Diplonematales Elenk.; poryadok Nostocales (Geitl.) Elenk.: sem. Nostocaceae Elenk., sem. Anabaenaceae Elenk., Aphanizomenonaceae Elenk., sem. Nodulariaceae Elenk., sem. Scytonemataceae (Kütz.) Elenk. pp. 984, 290 figures. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian and Latin]
Request PDFPublication date: 21 February 1938
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 elachista West & G.S.West.
Source of Synonymy
McGregor, G. (2013). Freshwater Cyanobacteria from North-Eastern Australia: 2. Chroococcales. Phytotaxa 133: 1-130.
Basionym
Aphanocapsa elachista West & G.S.West
Type Information
Type locality: Dominica; (West & West 1894: 276)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), of or containing dust (Lewis & Short 1890).
Created: 15 July 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 31 March 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 November 2024
