Genus Leptolyngbya

Name: Leptolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lep.to.lyng’by.a. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin; N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Leptolyngbya, a thin Lyngbya

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Leptolyngby-), lep-to-LYN͡G-by-a

Type species: Leptolyngbya boryana (Gomont 1899) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anagnostidis K, Komárek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes 3 - Oscillatoriales. Algological Studies 1988; 50-53:327-472.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 132
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 152
Total number of child taxa: 159

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿

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Record number: 6184
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