Anabaena solitaria f. smithii Komárek 1958
Current name:
Dolichospermum smithii (Komárek) Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek
Seaside, Oregon, USA; Cullaby Lake, 400x, DIC - 19 July 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Anabaena solitaria f. smithii Komárek 1958: 129, Beil. IX [9]: figs 4-6, pl. I [1]: fig. 5: pl. XV [15]: figs 4-8
Published in: Komárek, J. (1958). Die taxonomische Revision der planktischen Blaualgen der Tschechoslowakei. In: Algologische Studien. (Komárek, J. & Ettl, H. Eds), pp. 10-206. Praha: Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
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 smithii (Komárek) 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: Czechoslovakia; (INA 1996)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), alone, by itself, solitary (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 07 September 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
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 23 November 2024