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Name: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
Etymology: Scy.to.ne’ma. Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Scytonema, a cyanobacterial genus
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Scytonemat-), sky-to-NE-ma
Type species: Scytonema hofmannii corrig. Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886
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
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
| 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