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Taxon: Genus Microcystis Lemmerm. (1907), nom. cons. (alga)
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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)").

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 ofMicrocystaceae (Family) Elenkin (1933)
TypeMicrocystis aeruginosa (Kütz.) Lemmerm. (1907), typ. cons.

Variants

Name in subsequent code of nomenclatureMicrocystis (Genus) Kützing ex Lemmermann 1907 nom. cons. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [10 Jan 2026].
Name in subsequent code of nomenclatureMicrocystis (Genus) Lemmermann 1907 nom. inval.
Name in preferred code of nomenclatureMicrocystis (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 homonymMicrocystis (Genus) Kütz. (1833), nom. rej. Ref: J. McNeill et al. (eds.), 2006: App. III (p. 173).

Synonyms

Replaced synonymPolycystis (Genus) (F.T. Kützing) F.T. Kützing (1849), nom. illeg. Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 9 Feb 1996.
Synonymous nameClathrocystis (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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