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Species Oscillatoria filiformis

Name: Oscillatoria filiformis Copeland 1936

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.li.for’mis. L. neut. n. filum, thread; L. fem. n. forma, form, shape; N.L. fem. adj. filiformis, thread-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a fi-li-FOR-mis, feminine

Holotype: Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden 327

Valid publication: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Jaaginema filiforme (Copeland 1936) Anagnostidis 2001

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria filiformis 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: Copeland JJ. Yellowstone thermal Myxophyceae. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1936; 36:1-232.

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Record number: 27500