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Phormidium nigroviride (Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988

Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycidae
Order Oscillatoriales
Family Oscillatoriaceae
Genus Phormidium

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Phormidium nigroviride (Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).

Phormidium nigroviride (Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).

Phormidium nigroviride (Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).

Phormidium nigroviride (Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek
From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information. Diane Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).

 

Oscillatoria nigroviridis Thwaites ex Gomont From Littler, D.S., M.M. Littler & M.D. Hanisak (2008) Submersed Plants of the Indian River Lagoon. Purchase information
© Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu)

Publication details
Phormidium nigroviride (Thwaites ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988: 405

Published in: Anagnostidis, K. & Komárek, J. (1988). Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes. 3. Oscillatoriales. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Supplement 80 (Algological Studies 50-53)(1-4): 327-472, 35 figs, 13 tables.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Phormidium is Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Basionym
Oscillatoria nigroviridis Thwaites ex Gomont

Type information
Type locality: Shirehampton, near Bristol, England (Silva & al. 1996: 53). Type: G.H.K.Thwaites; August 1847; (INA 1996

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oscillatoria nigroviridis Thwaites ex Gomont 1892

General environment
This is a marine/terrestrial species.

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Key references
Komárek, J. & Anagnostidis, K. (2005). Süßwasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Cyanoprokaryota. Oscillatoriales. Vol. 19/2 pp. 759, 1010 figures. München: Elsevier Spektrum Akademischer Verlag.

Ram, A.T. & Paul, P.T. (2024). The list of Cyanobacteria (Coleofasciculales, Geitlerinematales, Oscillatoriales, Pleurocapsales, Pseudanabaenales and Spirulinales) from the mangrove ecosystems: A Review from 1889 to 2020. International Journal on Algae 26(1): 1–18.

Xia Bangmei [Xia, B.-M.] (2017). Flora algarum marinarum sinicarum Tomus I Cyanophyta. pp. [1-8], i-xix, 1-176, pls I-IV. Beijing: Science Press. [in Chinese]

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