Species Oscillatoria redekei

Name: Oscillatoria redekei Van Goor 1918

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.de’ke.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. redekei, named after Heinrich Carl Redeke, Dutch biologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … re-DE-ke-i, feminine

Holotype: NIES 847; NIVA-CYA 227/1; NIVA CYA 277/1

16S rRNA gene: AB045929 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Goor ACJv. Zur Kenntnis der Oscillatoriaceen. Reçueil des Travaux Botaniques Néerlandais 1918; 15:255-262.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1987

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1987	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Limnothrix redekei (Van Goor 1918) Meffert 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name
"Pseudanabaena redekei" (Van Goor 1918) Chang 1985	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria redekei 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Goor ACJv. Zur Kenntnis der Oscillatoriaceen. Reçueil des Travaux Botaniques Néerlandais 1918; 15:255-262.

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Record number: 6542

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