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Genus Lyngbyopsis
Name: Lyngbyopsis Gardner 1927
Etymology: Lyng.by.op’sis. N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; Gr. fem. n. opsis, aspect, appearance; N.L. fem. n. Lyngbyopsis, that which appears similar to Lyngbya
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Lyngbyopsid-), lyn͡g-by-OP-sis
Type species: Lyngbyopsis willei Gardner 1927
Valid publication: Gardner NL. New Myxophyceae from Porto Rico. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 1927; 7:1-144.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
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- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lyngbiopsis"; "Lyngbvopsis".
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🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Phormidiaceae Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988.
Publication:
Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lyngbyopsis terrestris Azevedo 1991 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) synonym Lyngbyopsis willei Gardner 1927 validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code) correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013
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: 6223
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