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Species Oscillatoria insignis

Name: Oscillatoria insignis Skuja 1956

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: in.si’gnis. L. fem. adj. insignis, distinguished by a mark, remarkable

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a in-SI-n͡gnis, feminine

Valid publication: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:1-404.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium insigne (Skuja 1956) Anagnostidis 2001

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria insignis 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: Skuja H. Taxonomische und biologische Studien über das Phytoplankton schwedischer Binnengewässer. Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis ser. 4 1956; 16:1-404.

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Record number: 27538