Synechococcus minervae var. maior Copeland 1936
Publication details
Synechococcus minervae var. maior Copeland 1936: 53, fig. 17 (as 'Minervae var. maior ' )
Published in: Copeland, J.J. (1936). Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 36: 1-232.
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Type species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Synechococcus is Synechococcus elongatus (Nägeli) Nägeli.
Status of name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Cyanobacterium minervae (J.J.Copeland) Komárek, J.Kopecký & Cepák
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Synechococcus minervae var. maior Copeland)
Asia: China (Chu 1991).
Source of current name
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (1999). Cyanoprokaryota. 1. Chroococcales. In: Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Begründet von A. Pascher. Band 19/1. (Ettl, H., Gärtner, G., Heynig, H. & Mollenhauer, D. Eds), pp. 1-548. Heidelberg & Berlin: Spektrum, Akademischer Verlag.
Key references
Chu, H.J. (1991). Flora algarum sinicarum aquae dulcis Tomus II Chroococcophyceae. pp. [i-vi], i-vi, 1-161, 42 pls. Beijing: Science Press.
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