Planktothrix
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Planktothrix is a genus of filamentous blue-green algae. Type species
of the genus Planktothrix is Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek. The genus was scrutinized in 2002 by S. Suda . Before, some species of the taxon were grouped within the genus Oscillatoria.
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example of an organism, known to have been used when the species was formally described. It is either the single such physical example or one of several such, but explicitly designated as the holotype...
of the genus Planktothrix is Planktothrix agardhii (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek. The genus was scrutinized in 2002 by S. Suda . Before, some species of the taxon were grouped within the genus Oscillatoria.
Species
- Planktothrix agardhii
- Planktothrix rubescens
- Planktothrix isothrix