Genus Limnolyngbya

Name: Limnolyngbya Li and Li 2016

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Lim.no.lyng’by.a. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Limnolyngbya, a Lyngbya from a lake

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Limnolyngby-), lim-no-LYN͡G-by-a

Type species: Limnolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Li and Li 2016

Valid publication: Li X, Li R. Limnolyngbya circumcreta gen. & comb. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) with three geographical (provincial) genotypes in China. Phycologia 2016; 55:478-491. 🇨🇳

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Planktolyngbya Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988. Publication: Anagnostidis K, Komarek J. Modern approach to the classification system of cyanophytes - 3 - Oscillatoriales. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 1988; 80, 1-4:327-472.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892. Publication: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Spirocoleus Möbius ex Crow 1927. Publication: Compère P. Contribution à l'étude des algues du Sénégal 1. Algues du lac de Guiers et du Bas-Sénégal. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 1991; 61:171-267.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Limnolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Li and Li 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Li X, Li R. Limnolyngbya circumcreta gen. & comb. nov. (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) with three geographical (provincial) genotypes in China. Phycologia 2016; 55:478-491. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 6269