Chroococcales
The Chroococcales are an order of cyanobacteria in some classifications which includes the harmful algal bloom Microcystis aeruginosa. Molecular data indicate that the members of the Chroococcales may not be a clade.
10 branches of this order, most-observed first
Microcystaceae
familyMicrocystaceae
Merismopediaceae
familyMerismopediaceae
Chroococcaceae
familyChroococcaceae
Gomphosphaeriaceae
familyGomphosphaeriaceae
Cyanobacteriaceae
familyCyanobacteriaceae
Limnococcus
genusLimnococcus
Chamaesiphonaceae
familyChamaesiphonaceae
Entophysalidaceae
familyEntophysalidaceae
Hyellaceae
familyHyellaceae
Hydrococcaceae
familyHydrococcaceae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 208350.