Species "Oscillatoria subsalsa"

Name: "Oscillatoria subsalsa" (Oersted ex Gomont 1892) Bourrelly 1970

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: sub.sal’sa. L. fem. adj. subsalsa, brackish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sup-SAL-sa, feminine

Nomenclatural type: PCC 9445

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16S rRNA gene: JH980292 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
"Paraspirulina subsalsa" (Oersted ex Gomont 1892) Walter et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Oscillatoria subsalsa" Agardh 1824.
- 🧍 Considered not validly published. Basionym not properly cited. Publication: McNeill J, Barrie FR, Buck WR, Demoulin V, Greuter W, Hawksworth DL, Herendeen PS, Knapp S, Marhold K, Prado J, et al. International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein, 2012.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Bourrelly P. Les algues d'eau douce. Initiation à la systématique. Tome III: Les Algues bleues et rouges. Les Eugléniens, Peridiniens et Cryptomonadines. Boubée & Cie, Paris, 1970.

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Record number: 27858

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Species "Oscillatoria subsalsa"