Species Oscillatoria agardhii

Name: Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont 1892

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.gard’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. agardhii, named in honor of Carl Adolf Agardh, Swedish botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-GARD-hi-i, feminine

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16S rRNA gene: AB045954 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria agardhii 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 Oscillatoria.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 61 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Oscillatoria agardhii var. isothrix" Skuja 1948	not validly published	synonym
Oscillatoria agardhii var. suspensa Pringsheim 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées). Deuxième partie. - Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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Record number: 6543

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Species Oscillatoria agardhii