Name: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Lyng.by.a. N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, referring to Lyngbye

Gender: feminine (stem: Lyngby-)

Type species: Lyngbya confervoides Agardh ex Gomont 1892

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Valid publication: Gomont M. Monographie des Oscillariées (Nostocacées Homocystées) deuxiéme partie -Lyngbyées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Série 7 1892; 16:91-264.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rheamaris" Walter et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Lyngbyaceae (Gomont 1892) Hansgirg 1892. Publication: Hansgirg A. Nova addenda in Synopsin generum subgenerumque Myxophycearum (Wallroth 1833), Stizenberger 1860. Nuova Notarisia 1892; 3:1-3.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the class "Cyanobacteria". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Microcoleaceae Strunecký et al. 2013. Publication: 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Rheamaris" Walter et al. 2017. Publication: Walter JM, Coutinho FH, Dutilh BE, Swings J, Thompson FL, Thompson CC. Ecogenomics and Taxonomy of Cyanobacteria Phylum. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:2132.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Dyngbya"; "Lamgbya"; "Langbya"; "Lgngbya"; "Liinqbtja"; "Lijngbija"; "Lijngbya"; "Ljngbya"; "Lngbya"; "Ltngbya"; "Lungbya"; "Luyngbya"; "Lvngbya"; "Lyagbya"; "Lyaghya"; "Lygbya"; "Lygnbya"; "Lyigbya"; "Lymgbya"; "Lynabya"; "Lynbgya"; "Lynbya"; "Lynebya"; "Lyngba"; "Lyngbga"; "Lyngbia"; "Lyngbija"; "Lyngbja"; "Lyngbra"; "Lyngbva"; "Lyngbyci"; "Lyngbyeus"; "Lyngbyu"; "Lyngfbya"; "Lynghbya"; "Lynghya"; "Lynglya"; "Lyngya"; "Lyngybea"; "Lynobya"; "Lynpbya"; "Lynqbya"; "Lynybya"; "Lyogbya"; "Lypgbya"; "Lysgbya"; "Lyugbhya"; "Lyugbya"; "Lyvgbya"; "Zyngbya".
  • This taxon name is a homonym of "Lyngbya" Agardh 1824.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Turicchia et al. (2009). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCALA: 1.
  • According to Komarek and Golubic (1990) originally assigned to Cyanobacteria but probably belonging to Phaeophyceae (Pylaiella sp.). Publication: Komarek J, Golubic S. Guide to the Nomenclature and formal taxonomic treatment of oxyphototroph prokaryotes (Cyanoprokaryotes). Unknown Publisher, Unknown City, 1990.
  • Full authorship: C. Agardh ex Gomont 1892.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LNBA" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 138
Total number of child taxa: 141

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lyngbya abronema (Skuja 1949) Senna 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya adherens Setchell and Gardner 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya aeruginea Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya aerugineocaerulea Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya aestuarii Liebman ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya affixa Yoneda 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya agardhii Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya allorgei Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya ambigua Kützing ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya amplivaginata Van Goor 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya angusta Yoneda 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya anomala (Rao 1937) Umezaki and Watanabe 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya aqualimpidensis Senna and Ferreira 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya arboricola Brühl and Biswas 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya attenuata Fritsch 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya aureofulva West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya baculum Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya biebliana Claus 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya bipunctata Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya birgei Smith 1916	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya bornetii Zukal 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya bouillonii Hoffmann and Demoulin 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya brasiliensis Senna and Ferreira 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya brevissima Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya calcifera Brühl and Biswas 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya calotrichicola Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya capillaris Hindák 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya cataractarum Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya ceylanica Wille 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya chlorospira Skuja 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya circumcreta West 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya compacta Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya compressa Utermöhl 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya confervoides Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya conradii Kufferath 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya contorta Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya corbierei Frémy 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya cryptovaginata Schkorbatow 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya delicatula Compère 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya demoulinii Hoffmann 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya dendrobia Brühl and Biswas 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya diguetii Gomont 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya distincta Schmidle 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya divergens Dalla Torre and Sarnthein 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya endophytica Elenkin and Hollerbach 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya epiphytica Hieronymus 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya epizooica Setchell and Gardner 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya erebi West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya erecta Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya fallax Hansgirg ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya fontana Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya fritschii Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya fuscovaginata Starmach 1997	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya gardneri Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya gloeophila Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya gracilis Rabenhorst ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya hahatonkensis Drouet 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Lyngbya halophila" Hansgirg ex Gomont 1892	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Lyngbya hieronymusii Lemmermann 1905	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya holdenii Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya holsatica Lemmermann 1904	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya inconspicua Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya infixa Frémy 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya intermedia Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya jadertina Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya kashyapii Ghose 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya kossinskajae Elenkin 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya kuetzingiana Kirchner ex Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya kuetzingii Schmidle 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya kwangsiensis (Jao 1944) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya lacustris Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya lagerheimii Gomont ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya lauterbornii (Schmidle 1901) Utermöhl 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya leptonema Skuja 1964	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya leptotrichiforme Krieger 1944	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Lyngbya leptotrichiformis corrig. Krieger 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya limnetica Lemmermann 1898	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya lismorensis Playfair 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya lutea Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya lutescens Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya magnifica Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya majuscula Harvey ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya margaretheana Schmid 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya margaritata Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya martensiana Meneghini ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya melobesiarum Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya membraniporae Lindstedt 1943	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya mesotricha Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya microtoma (Skuja 1949) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya minor (Gardner 1927) Turicchia et al. 2009	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya minutissima Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya murrayi West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya muscorum (Gomont 1892) Compère 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya mycoidea (Frémy 1935) Compère 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya nemuroensis Yoneda 1941	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya nigrovaginata Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya nordgaardii Wille 1919	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Lyngbya nyassae Schmidle 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya ochracea Thuret ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya olivacea Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya pellucida Umezaki 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya penicilliformis Silva 1996	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya perelegans Lemmermann 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya pithophorae Yoneda 1938	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya polysiphoniae Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya porphyrosiphonis Frémy 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya protospira Skuja 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya pseudospirulina Pascher 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya purpurascens Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya purpurea Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya pusilla Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya putealis Kützing ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya rimosa Komárek 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya rivulariarum Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya robusta (Parukutty 1940) Komárek and Komárková-Legnerová 2007	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya rubida Frémy 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya saxicola Filarszky 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya schroeteri Hansgirg ex Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya scottii Fritsch 1912	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya semiplena Agardh ex Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya shackletonii West and West 1911	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya singularis (Jao 1939) Anagnostidis 2001	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Lyngbya solitaris" Kützing ex Gomont 1892	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Lyngbya sordida Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya spiralis Geitler 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya spiraloides Archibald 1967	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya spirulinoides Utermöhl 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Lyngbya splendens Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya subacuminata An 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Lyngbya subclavata Starmach 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya subcyanea Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya submonilifera Frémy 1945	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya subspiroides Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya subtilis West 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya subtilissima Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya taylorii Drouet and Strickland 1940	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya tenerrima Hansgirg 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya vandenberghenii Symoens 1951	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya versicolor Gomont 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya willei Setchell and Gardner 1918	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Lyngbya wollei (Farlow ex Gomont 1892) Speziale and Dyck 1992	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.

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