Form Lyngbya lagerheimii f. circumcreta

Name: Lyngbya lagerheimii f. circumcreta (West 1907) Pankow 1976

Category, proposed as: form, new form

Basonym: Lyngbya circumcreta West 1907

Etymology: cir.cum.cre’ta. L. fem. perf. part. creta, grown; N.L. fem. part. adj. circumcreta, grown around

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a la-ger-HE͡I-mi-i kir-kum-KRE-ta, feminine

Holotype: CHAB 5683; HAB2014-0112

Valid publication: Pankow H. Taxonomische Bemerkungen zu einigen Algen aus den Boddengewässern des Darss und des Zingst. Wiss. Zeitschr. Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität Rostock. Math.-Naturwiss Reihe 1976; 25:259.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Li and Li 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Spirocoleus circumcretus (West 1907) Compère 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
    Planktolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
    Limnolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Li and Li 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank
    Lyngbya circumcreta West 1907	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CHAB 4449; CHAB 5649; CHAB 5650; CHAB 5667.
  • ❗ Lyngbya lagerheimii f. circumcreta is the correct name instead if this form is regarded as a separate form (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another form whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Lyngbya lagerheimii within a separate genus Lyngbya.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya lagerheimii Gomont ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Pankow H. Taxonomische Bemerkungen zu einigen Algen aus den Boddengewässern des Darss und des Zingst. Wiss. Zeitschr. Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität Rostock. Math.-Naturwiss Reihe 1976; 25:259.

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