Phormidium autumnale Gomont 1892
Current name:
Microcoleus autumnalis (Gomont) Strunecky, Komárek & J.R.Johansen
retaining wall in a sheltered and brackish water locality, Spain, Galicia, A Coruña, Ría del Burgo, 1991Ignacio Bárbara (barbara@udc.es)
Publication Details
Phormidium autumnale Gomont 1892: 187, pl. V/5: figs 23, 24
Published in: Gomont, M. (1892 '1893'). Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 16: 91-264, pls 1-7.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 January 1892
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phormidium is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Microcoleus autumnalis (Gomont) Strunecky, Komárek & J.R.Johansen.
Type Information
Type locality: "In nuda terra autumno" (Oscillatoria autumnalis C. Agardh); (Index Nominum Algarum)
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), appearing or reproducing in autumn.
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 10 April 2002 by Elizabeth Moran.
Last updated: 01 September 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 September 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 March 2023
