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Taxon: Genus Nodularia Mert. ex Bornet & Flahault (1886), nom. cons. (alga)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Mertens, in G.H.B. Jürgens, 1822 ex É. Bornet & C. Flahault, 1888[1886], nom. bot. nov., nom. cons.
Unavailable original name:  Mertens, 1822. In Jürgens, Algæ aquaticæ (Dec. 15): no. 4. [nom. praeinit.].
Original name, rank & spelling:  Bornet, E. & Flahault, C. 1888[1886]. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. (7) 7 (3): 180 (key), 243 ("Mertens"). ≡
Description/Diagnosis in Latin:  loc. cit.

Attributes

Botanical name, by original use (: nom. bot. nov.) Ref: LPSN, 2020-present. LPSN: [24 Jan 2026].
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: Nodulariaceae (Family) Elenkin (1916) Ref: O. Strunecký et al., 2023: tbl. 1; 24 Mar 2026. [inferred]

Variants

Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Nodularia (Genus) Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 nom. inval. Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present: [28 Aug 2021].
Name in subsequent code of nomenclature: Nodularia (Genus) Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 nom. cons. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [24 Jan 2026].
Name in former code of nomenclature: Nodularia (Genus) Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 nom. inval. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [28 Aug 2021].
Name in preferred code of nomenclature: Nodularia (Genus) Mertens ex Bornet and Flahault 1886 nom. cons. Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [24 Jan 2026].

Homonyms

Senior homonym (allowed): Nodularia (Genus) Conrad, 1853 Ref: LPSN, 2020-present: [28 Aug 2021] (M. Lopes-Lima et al., 2020).
Rejected homonym: Nodularia (Genus) Peck (1872), nom. illeg. Ref: E.R. Farr & G. Zijlstra (eds.), 1996-present: 9 Feb 1996.

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Spermosira (Genus) Kütz. (1843), nom. inval. Ref: J. Komárek & T. Hauer, 2004-present: 4 Oct 2007.
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