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Species Microcoleus boergesenii

Name: Microcoleus boergesenii (Gardner 1932) Frémy 1938

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Hydrocoleum boergesenii Gardner 1932

Etymology: boer.ge.se’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boergesenii, named in honor of Fredrik Christian Emil Børgesen, Danish botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mi-kro-KO-le-us bo͡er-ge-SE-ni-i, masculine

Holotype: 1892

Valid publication: Frémy P. Cyanophycées marines des anciennes Antilles Danoises. Supplément à F. Boergesen, Marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 1938; 9:1-47.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Blennothrix boergesenii (Gardner 1932) Anagnostidis 2001

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Microcoleus boergesenii 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 Microcoleus.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-09-17.

Parent taxon: Microcoleus Desmazières ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Frémy P. Cyanophycées marines des anciennes Antilles Danoises. Supplément à F. Boergesen, Marine algae of the Danish West Indies. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 1938; 9:1-47.

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Record number: 49456

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