Species Anabaena maxima

Name: Anabaena maxima Cronberg and Komárek 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’xi.ma. L. fem. adj. maxima, chief

Pronunciation, gender: MA-ksi-ma, feminine

Holotype: A2058

Valid publication: Cronberg G, Komárek J. Some nostocalean Cyanoprokaryotes from lentic habitats of Eastern and Southern Africa. Nova Hedwigia 2004; 78:71-106.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Dolichospermum maximum (Cronberg and Komárek 2004) Wacklin et al. 2009

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Dolichospermum maximum (Cronberg and Komárek 2004) Wacklin et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Anabaena maxima is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Anabaena.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Anabaena Bory ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Assigned by: Cronberg G, Komárek J. Some nostocalean Cyanoprokaryotes from lentic habitats of Eastern and Southern Africa. Nova Hedwigia 2004; 78:71-106.

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Record number: 17007

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Species Anabaena maxima