Oscillatoria subsalsa C.Agardh, nom. inval. 1824

Publication Details
Oscillatoria subsalsa C.Agardh, nom. inval. 1824: 66

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1824). Systema algarum. pp. [i]-xxxvii, [1]-312. Lundae [Lund]: Literis Berlingianis [Berling].

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Publication date: probably September 1824

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Oscillatoria is Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont.

Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (2005). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota. Oscillatoriales. Vol. 19/2 pp. 759, 1010 figures. München: Elsevier Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 03 May 2005 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 21 August 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: pre-starting-point name. Combination with the same name also proposed by Bourrelly, 1970 with basionym Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont, 1892 but invalidly as the place of publication of basionym not cited [INA]. - (25 February 2014) - M.D. Guiry

Taxonomic note
"Unrevised species." (Komárek & Anagnostidis 2005: 425, 605). - (11 April 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 April 2025

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