Genus Phormidium

Name: Phormidium Kützing ex Gomont 1892

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Phor.mi’di.um. Gr. neut. n. phormion, mat; N.L. neut. n. Phormidium, mat-forming organism

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Phormidi-), phor-MI-di-um

Type species: Phormidium lucidum Kützing ex Gomont 1892

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 176
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 307
Total number of child taxa: 347

Parent taxon: Oscillatoriaceae Engler 1898

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: 6341
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