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Species Oscillatoria chalybea

Name: Oscillatoria chalybea Mertens ex Gomont 1892

Category, proposed as: species, nom. nov.

Etymology: cha.ly.be’a. Gr. masc. n. chalyps, steel (gen. chalybos); N.L. fem. adj. chalybea, steel-colored, steel-gray

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a kha-ly-BE-a, feminine

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: Phormidium chalybeum (Mertens ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria chalybea 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

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: 7002