Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek 2006

Current name: Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA: pond, 400x, DIC - 13 July 2013. Karl Bruun

Publication Details
Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek) Komárek ex Komárek 2006: 209

Published in: Joosten, A.M.T. (2006). Flora of the blue-green algae of the Netherlands. I. The non-filamentous species of inland waters. pp. [1-]5-237. Utrecht: KNNV Publishing.

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Microcystis is Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Kützing.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Diplocystis wesenbergii Komárek

Type Information
Type locality: Czechoslovakia: Doksy, Blatná, Chlum bei Trebon; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 March 2019

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Nomenclatural note
Day et al. (1995: 203) record the authority for this species as Komárek. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Joosten (2006: 209) says that the name is invalid as proposed in Kondrat'eva (1968: 13) and - (22 May 2014) - M.D. Guiry

Usage note
Harmful species - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 March 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025