Microcystis aeruginosa f. flos-aquae (Wittrock) Elenkin 1936

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]

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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 17 December 2024

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