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Name: Scytolyngbya Song and Li 2015

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Scy.to.lyng’by.a. Gr. neut. n. skŷtos, skin, leather; N.L. fem. n. Lyngbya, a cyanobacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Scytolyngbya, a leather-like Lyngbya

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Scytolyngby-), sky-to-LYN͡G-by-a

Type species: Scytolyngbya timoleontis Song and Li 2015

Valid publication: Song G-F, Jiang Y-G, Li R-H. Scytolyngbya timoleontis, gen. et sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria): a novel false branching Cyanobacteria from China. Phytotaxa 2015; 224:72-84. 🇨🇳

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Song and Li) deliberately differs from the authors of the publication (Song et al.).

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

Parent taxon: Leptolyngbyaceae Komárek et al. 2014

Assigned by: Song G-F, Jiang Y-G, Li R-H. Scytolyngbya timoleontis, gen. et sp. nov. (Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria): a novel false branching Cyanobacteria from China. Phytotaxa 2015; 224:72-84. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 6380