Species Oscillatoria bourrellyi

Name: Oscillatoria bourrellyi Lund 1955

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bour.rel’ly.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bourrellyi, referring to Bourrelly

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bour-REL-ly-i, feminine

Holotype: CCAP 1459/11B; NIES 846

16S rRNA gene: AB045897 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lund JWG. Contributions to our knowledge of British algae. XIV. Three new species from the English Lake District. Hydrobiologia 1955; 7:219-228.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tychonema bourrellyi (Lund 1955) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Tychonema bourrellyi (Lund 1955) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Oscillatoria bourrellyi Kamat 1963.
- ❗ Oscillatoria bourrellyi 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Lund JWG. Contributions to our knowledge of British algae. XIV. Three new species from the English Lake District. Hydrobiologia 1955; 7:219-228.

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Record number: 6545

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Species Oscillatoria bourrellyi