Oscillatoria tenuis var. formosa (Bory) Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Kamptonema formosum (Bory ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J.Smarda

Current name: Kamptonema formosum (Bory ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J.Smarda
Panama.Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication Details
Oscillatoria tenuis var. formosa (Bory) Kützing ex Gomont 1892: 240

Published in: Gomont, M. (1892). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées homocystées). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 15: 263-368, pls 6-14 [VI-XIV in text and expl. pl.].

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Publication date: 1 January 1892

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 Kamptonema formosum (Bory ex Gomont) Strunecký, Komárek & J.Smarda.

Basionym
Oscillatoria formosa Bory ex Gomont

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 05 April 2005 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 31 August 2017

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 August 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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