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 (?); (Index Nominum Algarum) 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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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 28 March 2024

 
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