Oscillatoria agardhii f. isothrix (Skuja) Poljansky 1953

Publication Details
Oscillatoria agardhii f. isothrix (Skuja) Poljansky 1953: 447

Published in: Hollerbach, M.M., Kossinskaja, E.K. & Poljansky, V.I. (1953). Opredelitel' presnovodnykh vodorosley SSSR. Sinezelen'ye vodorosli [Manual for identification of the freshwater algae of the USSR. Blue-green algae]. Vol. 2 pp. 652, 322 figures. Moscow: Sovetskaya Nauka. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1953

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Oscillatoria is Oscillatoria princeps Vaucher ex Gomont.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Planktothrix isothrix (Skuja) Komárek & Komárková.

Source of Synonymy
Komárek, J. & Komárková, J. (2004). Taxonomic review of the cyanoprokaryotic genera Planktothrix and Planktotrichoides. Czech Phycology 4: 1-18.

Basionym
Oscillatoria agardhii var. isothrix Skuja

Type Information
Type locality: Lakes in Uppland, Sweden; (Skuja 1948: 49)

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 15 March 2005 by Fabio Rindi.

Last updated: 29 April 2025

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