Spirulina jenneri var. platensis Nordstedt, nom. inval. 1884
Publication Details
Spirulina jenneri var. platensis Nordstedt, nom. inval. 1884: 127
Published in: [Wittrock, V.B. & Nordstedt, C.F.O.] (1884). Literatur-öfversigt [Literature review]. Algae aquae dulcis exsiccatae praecipue Scandinavicae quas adjectis algis marinis chlorophyllaceis et phycochromaceis.... Botaniska Notiser 1884: 121-128, un-numbered figs.
Publication date: September
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Spirulina is Spirulina major Kützing ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Arthrospira platensis Gomont.
Type Information
Type locality: Montevideo, Uruguay; (Silva & al. 1996: 46) Type: J. Arechavaleta; 6.iii. 1884 (?); (INA 1996) Notes: LD (Silva et al. 1996: 46).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 07 March 2001 by Sandy Lawson.
Last updated: 02 August 2016
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Nomenclatural note
Invalid: pre-starting-point devalidated name. - (15 November 2013) - M.D. Guiry
Taxonomic note
Silva et al. (1996: 46) note that Drouet (1968: 279, 304) assigned this to Microcoleus lyngbyaceus (Kützing) P. Couan & H. Crouan. - (07 April 2015) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 August 2016. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 21 April 2025
