Discussion
According to more recent data, Anabaena flos-aquae is the most common species of this
genus in Lake Victoria (Talling, 1987; Gophen et al., 1995). Ananbaena discoidea is only
mentioned in classical studies. Schmidle (1902) described this cyanophyte as A. flos-aquae f.
discoidea. Ostenfeld (1908) raised this taxon to the level of a species