Aphanizomenon flos-aquae f. gracile (Lemmermann) Elenkin

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Nostocophycideae
Order Nostocales
Family Nostocaceae
Genus Aphanizomenon

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Publication details
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae f. gracile (Lemmermann) Elenkin 1938

Original publication: Elenkin, A.A. (1938). Monographia algarum cyanophycearum aquidulcium et terrestrium in finibus URSS inventarum. Pars specialis (systematica). Fasc. I. pp. 1-984, 290 figs. Moscow: Akademiia Nauk SSSR.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Aphanizomenon is Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault.

Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Aphanizomenon gracile (Lemmermann) Lemmermann

Basionym
Anabaena flosaquae var. gracile Lemmermann

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Aphanizomenon flos-aquae f. gracile (Lemmermann) Elenkin)
Europe: Spain (Alvarez-Cobelas & Gallardo 1988).

Source of synonymy
Whitton, B.A. (2002). Phylum Cyanophyta (Cyanobacteria). In: The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles. An identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae. (John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J. Eds), pp. 25-122. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 2384 Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Aphanizomenon&species=flos-aquae

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Aphanizomenon&Species=flos-aquae

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 26 November 2002 by Sandy Lawson

Verified by: 08 October 2012 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 560 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Kohl, J.-G., Dudel, G., Schlangstedt, M. & Kühl, H. (1985). On the morphological and ecological distinction of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae Ralfs ex Born. et Flah. and A. gracile (Lemm.) Lemm.. Archiv für Protistenkunde 130: 119-131.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.