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Species Oscillatoria salina

Name: Oscillatoria salina Alten 1913

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li’na. N.L. fem. adj. salina, salty

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a sa-LI-na, feminine

Valid publication: Alten Hv. Die Algen der Umgebung von Braunschweig. Jber. Verein f. Naturwiss. zu Braunschweig 1913; 17:63-79.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium salinum (Alten 1913) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria salina 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Alten Hv. Die Algen der Umgebung von Braunschweig. Jber. Verein f. Naturwiss. zu Braunschweig 1913; 17:63-79.

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Record number: 7010