Microcystis aeruginosa f. protocystis (W.B.Crow) Elenkin 1938
Publication Details
Microcystis aeruginosa f. protocystis (W.B.Crow) Elenkin 1938: 106, fig. 28
Published in: Elenkin, A.A. (1938). Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh S'yanofiseaye, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. I. I. Chroococcaceae Geitl.; II. Chamaesiphoneae Geitl.; III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk.: poryadok Stigonematales Geitl.; poryadok Mastigocladales Elenk.; poryadok Diplonematales Elenk.; poryadok Nostocales (Geitl.) Elenk.: sem. Nostocaceae Elenk., sem. Anabaenaceae Elenk., Aphanizomenonaceae Elenk., sem. Nodulariaceae Elenk., sem. Scytonemataceae (Kütz.) Elenk. pp. 984, 290 figures. Moscow & Leningrad: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR. [in Russian and Latin]
Request PDFPublication date: 21 February 1938
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Microcystis protocystis W.B.Crow.
Basionym
Microcystis protocystis W.B.Crow
Type Information
Type locality: Srí Lanka; (Komárek & Anagnostidis 1999: 235)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), verdigris (Stearn 1973).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 30 September 2005 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 28 September 2023
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 28 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 16 April 2024
