Anabaena variabilis Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault 1886

Publication Details
Anabaena variabilis Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault 1886: 226

Published in: Bornet, É. & Flahault, C. (1886 '1888'). Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (quatrième et dernier fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 7: 177-262.

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Publication date: 1 Jan 1886

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 Trichormus variabilis (Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault) Komárek & Anagnostidis.

Type Information
Lectotype locality: Wangerooge, East Frisian Islands, Germany; (Silva & al. 1996: 71) Type: F.T. Kützing; L; (Index Nominum Algarum) Notes: This type locality was first described by Drouet (1978: 159)(Silva et al., 1996)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), variable (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a freshwater species.

Created: 29 January 2001 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 24 June 2020

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