Species Oscillatoria schroeteri

Name: Oscillatoria schroeteri (Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892) Migula 1905

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lyngbya schroeteri Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892

Etymology: schroe’te.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. schroeteri, named in honor of Carl Joseph Schröter, Swiss botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a S͡HRO͡E-te-ri, feminine

Valid publication: Migula W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz. Band II. Algen. 1. Teil. Cyanophyceae, Diatomaceae, Chlorophyceae. H. Bergmühler, Berlin, 1905.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium schroeteri (Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lyngbya schroeteri Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Phormidium schroeteri (Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Oscillatoria schroeteri 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 2026-07-30.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Migula W. Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Deutsch-Österreich und der Schweiz. Band II. Algen. 1. Teil. Cyanophyceae, Diatomaceae, Chlorophyceae. H. Bergmühler, Berlin, 1905.

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Record number: 50823

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Species Oscillatoria schroeteri