Species Oscillatoria rosea

Name: Oscillatoria rosea Batters 1896

Category: Species

Proposed as: nom. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, red

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a RO-se-a, feminine

Valid publication: Batters EAL. New or critical British marine algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 1896; 34:384-390.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium roseum (Batters 1896) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium roseum (Batters 1896) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Oscillatoria rosea Utermöhl 1925.
- ❗ Oscillatoria rosea 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Batters EAL. New or critical British marine algae. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 1896; 34:384-390.

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Record number: 7009

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