Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner 1898

Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner

Current name: Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner
Gas- vacuolate colonies. Ladybower Reservoir Derbyshire, UK, BF image. - 04 October 2007. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)

Publication Details
Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner 1898: 56

Published in: Kirchner, O. (1898). Schizophyta: Schizophyceae. In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien. (Engler, A. & Prantl, K. Eds) Vol. 1(1), pp. 45-92, figures 48-62. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.

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Publication date: 1898

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Polycystis flos-aquae Wittrock

Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: lake Kalungen; (Index Nominum Algarum)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 21 November 2023

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 November 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 March 2024

 
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