Polycystis (Kützing) Kützing, 1849, nom. illeg.
Lectotype species: Polycystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing
Publication details: (Kützing) Kützing, 1849: 210
Currently accepted name for the type species: Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing
Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1849). Species algarum. pp. [i]-vi, [1]-922. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: F.A. Brockhaus.
Request PDFType designated in: Drouet, F. & Daily, W.A. (1956). Revision of the coccoid Myxophyceae. Butler University Botanical Studies 12(1): 1-218, 377 figures.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-06-12 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Microcystis.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999 '1998'). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Nomenclatural note
Illegitimate: later homonym of Polycystis Léveillé, 1846 (Urocystidaceae, Basidiomycota). - (19 July 2011) - M.D. Guiry
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 June 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 May 2025
