Oscillatoria tenuis var. limosa (Dillwyn) Kirchner ex Forti 1907
Publication Details
Oscillatoria tenuis var. limosa (Dillwyn) Kirchner ex Forti 1907: 155
Published in: Forti, A. (1907). Sylloge algarum omnium hucusque cognitarum. Vol. V [of De Toni, J.B. "Sylloge Algarum Omnium"]. Sylloge Myxophycearum. pp. i-viii, 1-761. Patavii [Padova]: Sumptibus auctoris.
Request PDFType 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 Oscillatoria limosa C.Agardh ex Gomont.
Basionym
Conferva limosa Dillwyn
Type Information
Type locality: "On the muddy edges of Rivers, Ditches and Ponds." [no specific locality, Britain]; (Dillwyn 1802: pl. 20) Lectotype: LINN (now in BM); (Drouet 1968: 262) Notes: In the absence of a specimen in the Dillenius-Ray herbarium (OXF), a specimen labelled "Conferva limosa" in the set of Dillwyn Exsiccatae.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thin, fine, slender (Stearn 1973).
Created: 12 April 2005 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 12 April 2005
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Fabio Rindi in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 12 April 2005. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
