Phormidium insulare (N.L.Gardner) P.A.C.Senna & Compère 1998
Classification:
Empire Prokaryota
Kingdom Bacteria
Subkingdom Negibacteria
Phylum Cyanobacteria
Class Cyanophyceae
Subclass Oscillatoriophycidae
Order Oscillatoriales
Family Oscillatoriaceae
Genus Phormidium
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Publication details
Phormidium insulare (N.L.Gardner) P.A.C.Senna & Compère in P.A.C.Senna, M.G.M.Souza & P.Compère 1998: 81
Published in: Senna, P.A.C., Sousa, M.G.M. & Compère, P. (1998). A check-list of the algae of the Federal District (Brazil).. Scripta Botanica Belgica 16: 12-88.
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 chalybea var. insularis N.L.Gardner
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), pertaining to islands, insular (Stearn 1983).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oscillatoria chalybea var. insularis N.L.Gardner 1927
General environment
This is a freshwater species.
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Created: 26 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 29 July 2014 by M.D. Guiry
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