Synechococcus aeruginosus Nägeli 1849
Publication Details
Synechococcus aeruginosus Nägeli 1849: 56, pl. I [1]:E: fig. 1
Published in: Nägeli, C. (1849). Gattungen einzelliger Algen, physiologisch und systematisch bearbeitet. Neue Denkschriften der Allg. Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 10(7): i-viii, 1-139, pls I-VIII.
Request PDFPublication date: before July 1849
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Synechococcus is Synechococcus elongatus (Nägeli) Nägeli.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli) Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Type Information
Type locality: "Luzern, an nassen Felsen" [Lucerne, on wet rocks; Switzerland]; (Nägeli 1849: 56) Epitype (CBFS A-103-1 (dried herbarium material of reference strain, SAG 87.79, originally isolated by W. Koch from a bog pool in Ireland in 1977): (Mares & al. 2019: 596)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), verdigris (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 19 February 2024
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 19 February 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 30 November 2024
