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Species Oscillatoria tortuosa

Name: Oscillatoria tortuosa Gardner 1927

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: tor.tu.o’sa. L. fem. adj. tortuosa, tortuous

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: os-kil-la-TO-ri-a tor-tu-O-sa, feminine

Holotype: 1147 a

Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium tortuosum (Gardner 1927) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Oscillatoria tortuosa 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Oscillatoria Vaucher ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.

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Record number: 27296