Name: Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont 1892

Etymology: a.gard’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. agardhii, named in honor of Carl Adolf Agardh, Swedish botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: PLANK-to-t^hrix a-GARD-hi-i, feminine

Holotype: CCAP 1460/5; NIES 204

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16S rRNA gene: AB045954 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of the cyanophytes 3: Oscillatoriales. Algol. Stud. 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Emendations:
  • Suda et al. 2002 Suda S, Watanabe MM, Otsuka S, Mahakahant A, Yongmanitchai W, Nopartnaraporn N, Liu Y, Day JG. Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1577-1595. 🇯🇵
    Notes:
    • 🧍 Suda et al. 2002 propose an emendation of the species "Planktothrix agardhii" which has no standing in nomenclature under the Rules of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). — Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988 is validly published under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of the cyanophytes 3: Oscillatoriales. Algol. Stud. 1988; 50-53:327-472.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 167 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Planktothrix Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Assigned by: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of the cyanophytes 3: Oscillatoriales. Algol. Stud. 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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