Polycystis flos-aquae Wittrock 1879
Current name:
Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner
Anderson Lake, Washington, USA; 1000x, DIC - 17 May 2008. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)
Publication Details
Polycystis flos-aquae Wittrock 1879: no. 201
Published in: Wittrock, V.B., Nordstedt, C.F.O. & Lagerheim, G. (1879). Algae aquae dulcis exsiccatae praecipue Scandinavicae quas adjectis algis marinis chlorophyllaceis et hycochromaceis. Vol. Fasc. 5-6 pp. nos 201-300..
Publication date: 11 Jan. 1879
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Polycystis is Polycystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Microcystis flos-aquae (Wittrock) Kirchner.
Source of Synonymy
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.
Type Information
Type locality: Sweden: lake Kalungen; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 19 July 2011 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 02 April 2022
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Nomenclatural note
in Wittrock & Nordstedt, Bot. Not., 1879: 27, no fig. (INA). - (11 February 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 April 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 08 June 2025
