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Species Phormidium chlorinum

Name: Phormidium chlorinum (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria chlorina Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: chlo’ri.num. N.L. neut. adj. chlorinum, green

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: phor-MI-di-um KHLO-ri-num, neuter

Valid publication: Umezaki I, Watanabe M. Enumeration of the Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) of Japan 1. Chroococcales and Oscillatoriales. Japanese Journal of Phycology 1994; 42:175-219.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Kamptonema chlorinum (Kützing ex Gomont 1892) Strunecký et al. 2014

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Phormidium chlorinum 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 Phormidium.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Umezaki I, Watanabe M. Enumeration of the Cyanophyta (blue-green algae) of Japan 1. Chroococcales and Oscillatoriales. Japanese Journal of Phycology 1994; 42:175-219.

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Record number: 6807