Anabaena smithii (Komárek) M.Watanabe 1992

Current name: Dolichospermum smithii (Komárek) Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek
Seaside, Oregon, USA; Cullaby Lake, 400x, DIC - 19 July 2009. Karl Bruun (skogenman@earthlink.net)

Publication Details
Anabaena smithii (Komárek) M.Watanabe 1992: 131, figs 9–12, 26

Published in: Watanabe, M. (1992). Studies on planktonic blue-green algae 4. Anabaena species with straight trichomes in Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum Tokyo Series B 18(4): 123-137, 17 figures, 5 tables.

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Publication date: "December 22, 1992"

Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Anabaena is Anabaena oscillarioides Bory ex Bornet & Flahault .

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Dolichospermum smithii (Komárek) Wacklin, L.Hoffmann & Komárek.

Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. (2013). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota: Heterocystous Genera (Nostocales, Stigonematales). Vol. 19/3 pp. [i]-xviii, [1]-1130. Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum.

Basionym
Anabaena solitaria f. smithii Komárek

Type Information
Type locality: Czechoslovakia; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

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

Last updated: 31 March 2025

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 31 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025