Form Oscillatoria ornata f. planctonica

Name: Oscillatoria ornata f. planctonica Elenkin 1949

Category, proposed as: form, new form

Etymology: planc.to’ni.ca. N.L. fem. adj. planctonica, living in the plankton, planktonic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a or-NA-ta plank-TO-ni-ka, feminine

Valid publication: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh Cyanophyceae, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Planktothrix planctonica (Elenkin 1949) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Planktothrix planctonica (Elenkin 1949) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oscillatoria ornata f. planctonica is the correct name instead if this form is regarded as a separate form (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another form whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Oscillatoria ornata within a separate genus Oscillatoria.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria ornata Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Elenkin AA. Sinezeleniye vodorosli SSSR. Monografiya presnovodnykh i nazemnykh Cyanophyceae, obnaruzhennykh v predelakh SSSR. Spetsial'naya (sistematicheskaya) chast', vyp. II. III. Hormogoneae (Geitl.) Elenk. (okonchaniye). Izdate'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, Moskva & Leningrad, 1949.

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