Microcystis punctiformis (Kützing) Kirchner

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Eubacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycidae
Order Chroococcales
Family Microcystaceae
Genus Microcystis

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Publication details
Microcystis punctiformis (Kützing) Kirchner 1878: 256

Published in: Kirchner, O. (1878). Algen. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien. Part 1. (Cohn, F. Eds) Vol. 2, pp. i-iv [vii] 1-284. Breslau: J.U. Kern's Verlag (Max Müller).
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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 Nostoc punctiforme Hariot

Basionym
Polycoccus punctiformis Kützing

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

General environment
This is a freshwater species.

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Source of current name
Hariot, P. (1891). Le genre Polycoccus Kützing. Journal de Botanique [Morot] 5: 29-32.

Created: 12 November 2019 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 12 November 2019 by M.D. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 December 2019.