Species Microcystis nigra

Name: Microcystis nigra Meneghini 1842

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni’gra. L. fem. adj. nigra, black

Pronunciation, gender: NI-gra, feminine

Valid publication: Meneghini G. Monographia Nostochinearum italicarum addito specimine de Rivulariis. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Series 2 1842; 5:1-143.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gloeocapsa nigra (Meneghini 1842) Grunow 1865

Parent taxon: Microcystis Kützing 1833

Assigned by: Meneghini G. Monographia Nostochinearum italicarum addito specimine de Rivulariis. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Series 2 1842; 5:1-143.

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Record number: 55653
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