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Microcystis
Lemmerm. (1907), nom. cons.
(alga)
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Entity:
[Microcystaceae] (Family)
..[Aphanocapsa] (Genus)
..[Aphanothece] (Genus)
..[Asterocapsa] (Genus)
..[Chalicogloea] (Genus)
..[Clathrocystis] (Genus)
..[Coelomoron] (Genus)
..[Coelosphaeriopsis] (Genus)
..[Coelosphaerium] (Genus)
..[Crocosphaera] (Genus)
..[Cyanoaggregatum] (Genus)
..[Cyanocatena] (Genus)
..[Cyanocomperia] (Genus)
..[Cyanogastrum] (Genus)
..[Cyanogranis] (Genus)
..[Cyanonephron] (Genus)
..[Cyanostylon] (Genus)
..[Cyanotetras] (Genus)
..[Dzensia] (Genus)
..[Eucapsis] (Genus)
..[Gloeothece] (Genus)
..[Hormothece] (Genus)
..[Mantellum] (Genus)
..[Merismopedia] (Genus)
..[Pannus] (Genus)
..[Planctocyanocapsa] (Genus)
..[Planktocyanocapsa] (Genus)
..[Pseudoncobyrsa] (Genus)
..[Radiocystis] (Genus)
..[Rippkaea] (Genus)
..[Siphonosphaera] (Genus)
..[Snowella] (Genus)
..[Sphaerocavum] (Genus)
..[Synechocystis] (Genus)
..[Woronichinia] (Genus)
..[Zehria] (Genus)
..[Microcystis] (Genus)
....Microcystis aeruginosa (Species)
....Microcystis botrys (Species)
....[Microcystis delicatissima] (Species)
....[Microcystis elachista] (Species)
....Microcystis firma (Species)
....Microcystis flos-aquae (Species)
....[Microcystis grevillei] (Species)
....[Microcystis halophila] (Species)
....[Microcystis holsatica] (Species)
....Microcystis ichthyoblabe (Species)
....[Microcystis incerta] (Species)
....Microcystis marginata (Species)
....[Microcystis minutissima] (Species)
....Microcystis natans (Species)
....Microcystis novacekii (Species)
....[Microcystis parasitica] (Species)
....Microcystis pulverea (Species)
....[Microcystis reinboldii] (Species)
....[Microcystis reinboldii] (Species)
....[Microcystis reinboldii] (Species)
....Microcystis robusta (Species)
....Microcystis smithii (Species)
....Microcystis stagnalis (Species)
....Microcystis viridis (Species)
....Microcystis wesenbergii (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
E. Lemmermann, 1910(1907), nom. bot. nov., nom. cons.
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Lemmermann, E. 1910(1907).
Kryptogamenfl. Mark Brandenburg
3
(1), (4 Mar 1907): 45 (key), 72 ("Kütz., Linnaea VIII (1833)").
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Attributes
Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.)
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN
: [10 Jan 2026].
Botanical name (: nom. bot.) [ICBN/ICN]
Ref:
E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present. ING
: 9 Feb 1996.
[implicit]
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICBN/ICN, 2012: Art. 14, Rec. 50E.1, App. II-IV]
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994.
Int. Code Bot. Nomencl.
(Tokyo Code)
: App. IIIA (p. 128).
Types
Type of
:
Microcystaceae
(Family)
Elenkin (1933)
Type
:
Microcystis aeruginosa
(Kütz.) Lemmerm. (1907), typ. cons.
Variants
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature
:
Microcystis
(Genus)
Kützing
ex
Lemmermann 1907 nom. cons.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [10 Jan 2026].
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature
:
Microcystis
(Genus)
Lemmermann 1907 nom. inval.
Name in preferred code of nomenclature
:
Microcystis
(Genus)
Kützing
ex
Lemmermann 1907 nom. cons.
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [10 Jan 2026].
Homonyms
Senior homonym (allowed)
:
Microcystis
(Genus)
Beck, 1837
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: [<3 May 2021].
Senior homonym (allowed)
:
Microcystis
(Subgenus)
Beck, 1837
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 29 Nov 2021.
Rejected homonym
:
Microcystis
(Genus)
Kütz. (1833), nom. rej.
Ref:
J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2006
: App. III (p. 173).
Synonyms
Replaced synonym
:
Polycystis
(Genus)
(F.T. Kützing) F.T. Kützing (1849), nom. illeg.
Ref:
E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present
: 9 Feb 1996.
Synonymous name
:
Clathrocystis
(Genus)
Henfrey 1856
Ref:
J. Komárek & T. Hauer, 2004-present
: 3 Oct 2007.
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Micraloa
(Genus)
B. Biasoletto (1832)
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [10 Jan 2026] ("heterotypic", "Kützing 1833").
[implicit]
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