Species Oscillatoria caerulescens

Name: Oscillatoria caerulescens Gicklhorn 1921

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ru.les’cens. L. masc. adj. caeruleus, blue; N.L. fem. part. adj. caerulescens, becoming blue

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a ka͡e-ru-LES-kens, feminine

Valid publication: Gicklhorn J. Über den Blauglanz zweier neuer Oscillatorien. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1921; 70:1-29.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium caerulescens (Gicklhorn 1921) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium caerulescens (Gicklhorn 1921) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria caerulescens 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gicklhorn J. Über den Blauglanz zweier neuer Oscillatorien. Österreichische Botanische Zeitschrift 1921; 70:1-29.

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Record number: 27535

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