Name: Porphyrosiphon splendidus (Greville ex Gomont 1892) Drouet 1968

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oscillatoria splendida Greville ex Gomont 1892

Etymology: splen’di.dus. L. masc. adj. splendidus, splendid

Pronunciation, gender: SPLEN-di-dus, masculine

Valid publication: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Geitlerinema splendidum (Greville ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 1989

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phormidium splendidum (Greville ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Oscillatoria splendida Greville ex Gomont 1892	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
    Geitlerinema splendidum (Greville ex Gomont 1892) Anagnostidis 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Porphyrosiphon splendidus 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 Porphyrosiphon.
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Parent taxon: Porphyrosiphon Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Drouet F. Revision of the classification of the Oscillatoriaceae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 1968; 15:1-370.

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Record number: 43893