Synechococcus leopoliensis (Raciborski) Komárek 1970

Publication Details
Synechococcus leopoliensis (Raciborski) Komárek 1970: 362

Published in: Komárek, J. (1970). Generic identity of the "Anacystis nidulans" strain KRATZ-ALLEN/Bloom. 625 with Synechococcus NÄG. 1849. Archiv für Protistenkunde 112: 343-364.

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 Romeria leopoliensis (Raciborski) Koczwara.

Source of Synonymy
Geitler, L. (1932). Cyanophyceae. In: Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ed. 2. (Rabenhorst, L. Eds) Vol. 14, pp. 673-1196, i-[vi]. Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.

Basionym
Arthrospira leopoliensis Raciborski

Type Information
Type locality: Poland: bei Lwów; (INA 1996)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 22 April 2003 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 13 September 2018

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Nomenclatural note
Toepel et al. (2005) cite the authority as Komárek. - (29 June 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 September 2018. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 July 2025