Name: Microcystis Kützing 1833
Etymology: Mi.cro.cys’tis. Gr. masc. adj. mikros, klein (may keep -o); Gr. fem. n. kystis, Blase; N.L. fem. n. Microcystis, a small bladder
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Microcyst-), mi-kro-KYS-tis
Type species: Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing 1833) Kützing 1849
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Kützing FT. Beitrag zur Kenntniss über die Entstehung und Metamorphose der niedern vegetabilischen Organismen, nebst einer systematischen Zusammenstellung der hieher gehörigen niedern Algenformen. Linnaea 1833; 8:335-384.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), conserved name
Taxonomic status: correct name
| Name | Kind |
|---|---|
| Polycystis Kützing 1849 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name |
| Diplocystis Trevisan 1848 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name |
| Micraloa Biasoletto 1832 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) |
| Clathrocystis Henfrey 1856 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), rejected name |
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Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 87
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 124
Total number of child taxa: 134
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| Microcystis adnata (Linnaeus 1763) Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing 1833) Otsuka et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing 1833) Kützing 1849 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), lectotype | correct name |
| Microcystis amethystina (Filarszky 1900) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis angulata Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis angulosa (Corda 1829) Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis anodontae (Hansgirg 1890) Elenkin 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis aphanothecoides Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis argentea Schiller 1954 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis atra Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis atrovirens (Corda 1829) Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis austriaca Kützing 1846 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis bengalensis Banerji 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis biformis (Braun 1880) Bourrelly 1970 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis botrys Teiling 1942 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Microcystis brasiliensis" (Azevedo and Sant'Anna 2003) Rigonato et al. 2018 | not validly published | synonym |
| Microcystis brebissonii Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Microcystis brunnea" (Nägeli 1849) Stein and Borden 1979 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Microcystis bullosa (Kützing 1836) Meneghini 1837 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis caerulea Dickie 1880 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis calciphila Schwabe 1947 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis chroococcoidea West and West 1911 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Microcystis cinnabarina" Flotow 1844 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Microcystis comperei Komárek 1984 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis complanata Skuja 1964 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis concharum (Hansgirg 1890) Silva 1996 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Microcystis coracina" Trevisan 1848 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Microcystis delicatissima (West and West 1912) Starmach 1966 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Microcystis delicatissima" (West and West 1912) Stein 1976 | not validly published | synonym |
| Microcystis densa Schiller 1956 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | in need of a replacement |
| Microcystis deusta (Meneghini 1841) Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis dimidiata (Kützing 1834) Silva 1996 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Microcystis dimorpha" Joosten 2006 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Microcystis donnellii Wolle 1879 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis elabens (Brébisson 1843) Kützing 1846 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis elabentioides Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis elachista (West and West 1894) Compère 1967 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis elongata Desikachary 1959 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis exigua Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis fernandoi (Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 1993) Lv et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis ferruginea Wawrik 1963 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis firma (Kützing 1846) Schmidle 1903 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis floccosa Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis flosaquae (Wittrock 1879) Kirchner 1898 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis fusca Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis fuscolutea (Hansgirg 1888) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis fuscolutea (Hansgirg 1888) Migula 1905 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis gelatinosa Meneghini 1837 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis glauca (Wolle 1877) Drouet and Daily 1939 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis globosa Zalessky 1926 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis granosa (Berkeley 1832) Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis grevillei (Hassall 1833) Elenkin 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis halophila Martens and Pankow 1972 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis hansgirgiana Hollerbach 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis holsatica (Lemmermann 1903) Lemmermann 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis ichthyoblabe (Kunze 1823) Kützing 1843 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis incerta (Lemmermann 1899) Lemmermann 1903 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis kerguelensis Wille 1924 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis lamelliformis Holsinger 1955 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis litoralis (Hansgirg 1890) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis litoralis (Hansgirg 1892) Aboal 1988 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym | synonym |
| Microcystis livida Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis lobata Dickie 1880 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis lutescens Schiller 1954 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis marginata (Meneghini 1837) Kützing 1846 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis marina (Hansgirg 1890) Silva 1996 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| "Microcystis marina" Kützing 1836 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Microcystis maxima Bernard 1908 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis mellea Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis merismopedioides Fritsch 1912 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis microspora Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis migulae De Toni f. 1939 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis minima Bernard 1908 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis minor Kützing 1846 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis minuta Kylin 1937 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis minutissima West 1912 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis montigena Hoffmann 1986 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis morrenii Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis muscicola (Meneghini 1842) Elenkin 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis nigra Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis noltei corrig. (Agardh 1829) Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis noltii (Agardh 1829) Kützing 1833 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Microcystis novacekii (Komárek 1958) Compère 1974 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis ochracea (Brand 1898) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis ochracea (Brand 1898) Lemmermann 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis olivacea Kützing 1843 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis orae Kossinskaja 1948 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis orissica West 1911 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis ovalis Hollenberg 1939 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis packardii (Farlow 1907) ex Tilden 1910 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis paludosa (Rabenhorst 1865) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis panniformis Komárek et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis parasitica Kützing 1843 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis parietina (Nägeli 1849) Elenkin 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| "Microcystis paroliniana" Meneghini 1843 | not validly published | preferred name |
| Microcystis piscinalis (Brügger 1863) Migula 1905 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis piscinalis (Brügger 1863) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis prasina (Wittrock 1879) Lemmermann 1904 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis protea Copeland 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis protocystis Crow 1923 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis protogenita (Biasoletto 1832) Rabenhorst 1865 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis pseudofilamentosa Crow 1923 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis pulchra Flotow 1844 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis pulverea (Wood 1873) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis pulverea (Wood 1873) Migula 1905 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis punctata Schiller 1954 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis punctiformis (Kützing 1841) Kirchner 1878 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis ramosa Bharadwaja 1935 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis reinboldii (Richter 1891) Forti 1907 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis richteriana (Hieronymus 1892) Silva 1996 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis robusta (Clark 1908) Nygaard 1925 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis rosea Kufferath 1942 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis roseopersicina corrig. (Kützing 1845) West 1904 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis roseopersicinus (Kützing 1845) West 1904 | inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code]) | misspelling |
| Microcystis rubescens (Brébisson 1835) Meneghini 1842 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis rupestris (Lyngbye 1819) Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis salina (Woronichin 1929) Elenkin 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis salinarum (Hansgirg 1887) Silva 1996 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis sanguinea (Agardh 1824) Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis scripta (Richter 1886) Lemmermann 1903 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis smithii Komárek and Anagnostidis 1995 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis splendens Hollenberg 1939 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis stagnalis (Lemmermann 1900) Lemmermann 1903 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | synonym |
| Microcystis supersalsa Schiller 1956 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis testacea (Braun ex Kützing 1849) Elenkin 1936 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis thermalis (Brügger 1863) Claus 1959 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym | synonym |
| Microcystis thermalis Yoneda 1938 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis toxica Stephens 1948 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis toxica Stephens 1949 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name | synonym |
| Microcystis umbrina Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis violacea (Corda 1829) Kützing 1833 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis viridis (Braun 1865) Lemmermann 1903 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis wesenbergii (Komárek 1958) Komárek ex Komárek 2006 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
| Microcystis zanardinii (Hauck 1877) Silva 1996 | validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) | correct name |
Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by:
Pokorny J, Kastovsky J, Stenclova LM. Epitypification of Merismopedia tranquilla (Cyanobacteria) prompts phylogenetic reassessment of the genus and the description of two morphologically similar genera. J Phycol 2026; 0:0. 🇨🇿
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