Anabaena flos-aquae Brébisson ex Bornet & Flauhault 1886
Current name:
Dolichospermum flos-aquae (Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek
Anderson Lake, Washington, USA; Lugol's, 1000x, DIC - 25 April 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Anabaena flos-aquae Brébisson ex Bornet & Flauhault 1886: 228 (as 'Flos-aquae')
Published in: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 7: 177-262.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Jan 1886
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault .
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dolichospermum flos-aquae (Bornet & Flahault) P.Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek.
Source of Synonymy
Wacklin, P., Hoffmann, L. & Komárek, J. (2009). Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (Ralfs ex Bornet et Flahault) comb. nova. Fottea 9(1): 59-64.
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, France, Germany, USA; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 April 2022
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
