Name: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Scy.to.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Scytonema, a cyanobacterial genus

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Scytonemat-), sky-to-NE-ma

Type species: Scytonema hofmannii corrig. Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Scytonemaceae" Borzì 1892. Publication: Borzì A. Alghe d'acqua dolce della Papuasia raccolte su cranii umani dissepolti. Nuova Notarisia 1892; 3:35-53.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Scytonemaceae Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3 Specielle Botanik. Kryptogamen. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hannover, 1886.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. 3. Aufl. 3. Band. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Scytonematidae Walton 1931. Publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Scytonemataceae corrig. Walton 1931. Publication: Walton LB. Studies concerning organisms occurring in water supplies with particular reference to those found in Ohio. Part I. Ohio Biol. Surv. 1931; 5:1-86.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Scytonemaceae Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the tribe Scytonemateae corrig. Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🧕 Bornet and Flahault (1886) assigned this genus to the tribe Scytonemateae corrig. Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (Troisième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième série 1886; 5:51-129.
  • 🧕 Bornet and Flahault (1886) assigned this genus to the tribe Scytonemateae corrig. Rabenhorst ex Bornet and Flahault 1886. Publication: Bornet É, Flahault C. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France (deuxième fragment). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, Septième Série 1886; 4:343-373.
  • 🧕 Eichler (1886) assigned this genus to the family Nostocaceae Eichler 1886. Publication: Eichler AW. Syllabus der Vorlesungen über specielle und medicinisch-pharmaceutische Botanik, 4. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin, 1886.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Bcytonema"; "Beytonema"; "Ecutonema"; "Hcytoncma"; "Ncytonema"; "Scegytonema"; "Sceylonema"; "Sceytonema"; "Scgytonema"; "Schytonema"; "Scijtonema"; "Scitonema"; "Scjtonema"; "Scltytonema"; "Scptonema"; "Scutonema"; "Scvtonema"; "Scyfonema"; "Scyionama"; "Scyioncma"; "Scyionema"; "Scylanema"; "Scylmacma"; "Scyloncma"; "Scyloncnm"; "Scylonema"; "Scylonenma"; "Scymnema"; "Scyomema"; "Scyptonema"; "Scyranema"; "Scyronema"; "Scytanema"; "Scytaonema"; "Scytcnema"; "Scytenema"; "Scythonema"; "Scytlonema"; "Scytmwma"; "Scytmzema"; "Scytnnema"; "Scytohema"; "Scytomema"; "Scytomena"; "Scytomma"; "Scytonama"; "Scytoncma"; "Scytoncna"; "Scytoneina"; "Scytonelna"; "Scytonemati"; "Scytonena"; "Scytonenia"; "Scytoneraa"; "Scytonerma"; "Scytonerna"; "Scytonmua"; "Scytonoma"; "Scytoriema"; "Scytorzema"; "Scytouema"; "Scyttmema"; "Scytunema"; "Scyxonema"; "Secytonema"; "Segtoenema"; "Segtonema"; "Segytonema"; "Sevtonema"; "Seyfonema"; "Seyionema"; "Seylenema"; "Seylonmna"; "Seylouema"; "Seytanmna"; "Seytenema"; "Seytoncma"; "Seytonema"; "Seytonems"; "Seytonenla"; "Seytonenta"; "Seytouema"; "Skytonema"; "Soytonema"; "Stytonema"; "Svytonema"; "Syctonema"; "Sytonema"; "Szytonema"; "Tcytonema".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jaiswal et al. (2023). 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: SP: 4; MCC: 4; NAIMCC: 2; UC: 2; QBG: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "SYNM" 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: 133
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 146
Total number of child taxa: 178

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Scytonema adhikarii Das 2017	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema adhikaryi corrig. Das 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema alatum Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema ambiguum Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema ambikapurense corrig. Jaiswal et al. 2023	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema ambikapurensis Jaiswal et al. 2023	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema amplum West and West 1894	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema andradeana González Guerrero 1950	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema arcangelii Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema atrovirens" (Dillwyn 1803) Agardh 1812	not validly published	preferred name
    Scytonema azureum Tilden 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bewsii Fritsch and Rich 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bharadwajae De Toni 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bilaspurense corrig. Singh 2016	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bilaspurensis Singh 2016	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema bivaginata Welsh 1965	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema bivaginatum corrig. Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema boergesenii Gardner 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bohneri Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bohnerii Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bouteillei (Bornet and Flahault 1886) Hoffmann 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema bruneum Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema burmanicum Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema calcicola corrig. Kufferath 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema calcicolum Kufferath 1914	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema caldarium Setchell 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema capitatum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema carolinianum Philson 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema cataracta" Wood 1869	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Scytonema cataractae" corrig. Wood 1869	not validly published	preferred name
    Scytonema catenulum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema chengii Wang 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema chiastum Geitler 1925	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema chorae Sant'Anna and Komárek 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema ciferrii Pignatti 1960	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema cincinnatum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema claviforme corrig. Li 1994	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema claviformis Li 1994	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema coactile Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema coloratum De Wildeman 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema conardii Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema conchophilum Humphrey 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema consociatum Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema cookei West 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema cortex" Wood 1869	not validly published	preferred name
    Scytonema costaricense Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema crassum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema crispum Bornet ex Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema crustaceum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema cuatrecasasii González Guerrero 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema densum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema dilatatum Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema drepanocladorum Duvigneaud 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema drilosiphon Elenkin and Polyansky 1922	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema dubium De Wildeman 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema dzschambulicum Obuchova 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema echeverriae corrig. Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema echeverriai Kufferath 1929	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema elenkinii (Hollerbach 1923) Hoffmann 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema endolithicum Ercegović 1932	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema evanescens Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema exile Hoffmann 1986	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema figuratum Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema flavoviride Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema foetidum Tawong et al. 2022	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema foliicola corrig. De Wildeman 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema foliicolum De Wildeman 1897	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema fremyii Desikachary 1959	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema fritschii Ghose 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema fuliginosum Tilden 1909	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema gardneri De Toni f. 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema geitleri Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema glutinosa Schmidle 1901	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema glutinosum corrig. Schmidle 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema gomontii Gutwinski 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema guyanense Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema hamelinii" Gebelein 1974	not validly published	preferred name
    Scytonema hansgirgi Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema hawaiianum Tilden 1902	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema heppii (Nägeli 1857) Wolle 1887	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema hieronymi Schmidle 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema hofmanni Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema hofmannii corrig. Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema holstii Hieronymus 1895	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema hyalinum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema inaequale Kufferath 1929	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema incrassatum Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema induratum Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema insigne West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema insulare Sant'Anna 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema intermedium De Wildeman 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema involvens Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema iyengari Bharadwaja 1934	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema iyengarii corrig. Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema javanicum Bornet ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema julianum" Meneghini 1841	not validly published	preferred name
    Scytonema junipericola Farlow 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema kaernbachii Hennings 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema keiense Weber-Van Bosse 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema kwangsiense Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema lanata Dalla Torre and Sarnthein 1901	inaccurate spelling and illegitimate (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema lanatum corrig. Dalla Torre and Sarnthein 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	in need of a replacement
    Scytonema leptobasis Ghose 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema longiarticulatum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema lyngbyoides Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema maculiforme corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema maculiformis Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema magnum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema malaviyaense corrig. Bharadwaja 1930	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema malaviyaensis Bharadwaja 1930	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema masoniana Welsh 1963	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema masonianum corrig. Welsh 1963	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema millei Bornet ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema minor (Schmidle 1901) Lemmermann 1907	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema minus corrig. (Schmidle 1901) Lemmermann 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema mirabile (Dillwyn 1808) ex Bornet 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema multiramosum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema myochroum corrig. Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema myochrous Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema occidentale Setchell 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema ocellatum Lyngbye ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema orientale Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pachmarhiense Saraf et al. 2018	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema papillicapitatum Sant'Anna and Komárek 2013	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema papuasicum Borzì 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pascheri Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema planum Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema polycystum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema praegnans Skuja 1937	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pratii Komárek 1956	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pseudoguyanense Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pseudohofmanii corrig. Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pseudohofmanni Bharadwaja 1934	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema pseudopunctatum Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pulchellum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pulchrum Frémy 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema punctatum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema racovitzae De Wildeman 1935	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema ravenellii" Wood 1869	not validly published	preferred name
    Scytonema rivulare Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema saleyeriense corrig. Weber-van Bosse 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema saleyeriensis Weber-van Bosse 1913	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema samoense Wille 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema samoensis" Wille 1914	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Scytonema sanpaulense Sant'Anna 1988	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema schmidtii Gomont 1901	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema seagriefiana Welsh 1965	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema seagriefianum corrig. Welsh 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema siculum Borzì ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema simmeri Schmidle 1899	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    Scytonema simplex Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
    Scytonema singhii Singh 2017	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema spirulinoides Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema splendens Fritsch and Rich 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema steindachneri Krasser 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema stuposum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema subgelatinosum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema subtile Moebius 1892	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema symplocoides (Reinsch 1866) Hieronymus 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema tenellum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema tenue Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema tenuissima Schmidle 1897	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema tenuissimum Frémy 1942	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name, later homonym	in need of a replacement
    Scytonema tenuissimum corrig. Schmidle 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema tolypothrichoides Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema tolypotrichoides Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema tomentosum Kützing ex Frank 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema transvaalense corrig. Cholnoky 1955	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema transvaalensis Cholnoky 1955	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema turfosum Kützing ex Frank 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema twymaniana Welsh 1966	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema twymanianum corrig. Welsh 1966	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema variabile Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema varium Kützing ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema velutinum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema wolleanum Forti 1907	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema zellerianum Brühl and Biswas 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae corrig. Frank 1886

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: 6403