Species Pseudanabaena frigida

Name: Pseudanabaena frigida (Fritsch 1912) Anagnostidis 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phormidium frigidum Fritsch 1912

Etymology: fri’gi.da. L. fem. adj. frigida, cold

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FRI-gi-da, feminine

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 2001; 73:359-375. 🇨🇿

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Stenomitos frigidus (Fritsch 1912) Miscoe and Johansen 2016

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya frigida (Fritsch 1912) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Phormidium frigidum Fritsch 1912	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Stenomitos frigidus (Fritsch 1912) Miscoe and Johansen 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudanabaena frigida 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 Pseudanabaena.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pseudanabaena Lauterborn 1915

Assigned by: Anagnostidis K. Nomenclatural changes in cyanoprokaryotic order Oscillatoriales. Preslia, Praha 2001; 73:359-375. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 7067

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