Species Chroococcus virescens

Name: Chroococcus virescens Hantzsch 1865

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.res’cens. L. masc. part. adj. virescens, becoming green

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wi-RES-kens, masculine

Valid publication: Rabenhorst L. Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas phycochromaceas complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Lipsiae, 1865.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Chroococcus minutus var. virescens (Hantzsch 1865) Hansgirg 1905

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chroococcus minutus var. virescens (Hantzsch 1865) Hansgirg 1905	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

Notes:
- ❗ Chroococcus virescens 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 Chroococcus.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Hantzsch) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Rabenhorst).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Chroococcus Nägeli 1849

Assigned by: Rabenhorst L. Flora europaea algarum aquae dulcis et submarinae. Sectio II. Algas phycochromaceas complectens. Apud Eduardum Kummerum, Lipsiae, 1865.

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Record number: 53896

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Species Chroococcus virescens