Name: Limnothrix rosea (Utermöhl 1925) Meffert 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria rosea Utermöhl 1925

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … RO-se-a, feminine

Valid publication: Meffert M-E. Limnothrix Meffert nov. gen. - the unsheathed planktic 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

Preferred name: Oscillatoria rosea Utermöhl 1925

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillatoria rosea Utermöhl 1925	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Algaebase. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Parent taxon: Limnothrix Meffert 1988

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

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Record number: 6762