Name: Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria redekei Van Goor 1918

Etymology: re.de’ke.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. redekei, named to honor Heinrich Carl Redeke, Dutch zoologist and limnologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LIM-no-t^hrix re-DE-ke-i, feminine

Holotype: NIES 847; NIVA-CYA 227/1; NIVA CYA 277/1

16S rRNA gene: AB045929 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Meffert M-E. Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. The unsheathed planktonic cyanophycean filaments with polar and central gas vacuoles. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:269-276.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1987

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudanabaena redekei" (Van Goor 1918) Chang 1985	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillatoria redekei Van Goor 1918	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Limnothrix Meffert 1988. Publication: Meffert M-E. Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. The unsheathed planktonic cyanophycean filaments with polar and central gas vacuoles. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:269-276.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1987. Publication: Meffert M-E. Planktic unsheathed filaments (Cyanophyceae) with polar and central gas-vacuoles I. Their morphology and taxonomy. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1987; 76:315-346.

Parent taxon: Limnothrix Meffert 1988

Assigned by: Meffert M-E. Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. The unsheathed planktonic cyanophycean filaments with polar and central gas vacuoles. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:269-276.

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