Cylindrospermum catenatum Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault 1886
Current name:
Cylindrospermum catenatum Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault
Late stage akinetes. Collected by Rachel Carter in wet mud, drawdown area of Pitsford Water SSSI, Northamptonshire, UK. - 05 September 2010. C.F.Carter (chris.carter@6cvw.freeuk.com)
Publication Details
Cylindrospermum catenatum Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault 1886: 254
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.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 Jan 1886
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Cylindrospermum is Cylindrospermum majus Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), chained, chain-like (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a freshwater species.
Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 21 August 2019
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Nomenclatural note
Ralfs 1850: 338, pl. VIII, fig. 14; South Wales? Ralfs (INA). - (31 March 2014) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 21 August 2019. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 July 2025
