Name: Scytonema Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. Scytonema

Gender: neuter (stem: Scytonemat-)

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 Scytonemataceae Frank 1886. Publication: Frank AB. Dr Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. 3. Aufl. 3. Band. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.
  • 🥇 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, Flahault, C.h.m. Revision des Nostocacées hétérocystées contenues dans les principaux herbiers de France. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 7 1886; 5:71.
  • 🧕 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"; "Sceytonema"; "Scgytonema"; "Schytonema"; "Scijtonema"; "Scjtonema"; "Scltytonema"; "Scptonema"; "Scvtonema"; "Scyfonema"; "Scyionama"; "Scyioncma"; "Scyionema"; "Scylanema"; "Scylmacma"; "Scyloncma"; "Scyloncnm"; "Scylonema"; "Scylonenma"; "Scymnema"; "Scyomema"; "Scyptonema"; "Scyranema"; "Scyronema"; "Scytanema"; "Scytaonema"; "Scytcnema"; "Scytenema"; "Scytlonema"; "Scytmwma"; "Scytmzema"; "Scytnnema"; "Scytomema"; "Scytomena"; "Scytomma"; "Scytonama"; "Scytoncna"; "Scytoneina"; "Scytonemati"; "Scytonenia"; "Scytoneraa"; "Scytonerna"; "Scytonmua"; "Scytonoma"; "Scytorzema"; "Scytouema"; "Scyttmema"; "Scytunema"; "Scyxonema"; "Secytonema"; "Segtoenema"; "Segtonema"; "Segytonema"; "Sevtonema"; "Seyfonema"; "Seylenema"; "Seylonmna"; "Seylouema"; "Seytanmna"; "Seytenema"; "Seytoncma"; "Seytonema"; "Seytonems"; "Seytonenla"; "Seytonenta"; "Seytouema"; "Skytonema"; "Soytonema"; "Stytonema"; "Syctonema"; "Sytonema"; "Szytonema".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Singh et al. (2017). 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: MCC: 4.
  • 🧍 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: 79
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 84
Total number of child taxa: 98

• 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 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 (not 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	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 burmanicum Skuja 1949	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema calcicola Kufferath 1914	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 catenulum Gardner 1927	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 cincinnatum Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema coactile Bornet and Flahault 1886	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 crustaceum Bornet and Flahault 1886	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 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 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 fritschii Ghose 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema geitleri Bharadwaja 1934	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 hansgirgi Schmidle 1900	inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])	misspelling
    Scytonema hansgirgii corrig. Schmidle 1900	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	synonym
    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 hyalinum Gardner 1927	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 insulare Sant'Anna 1988	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 (not correct name)
    Scytonema keiense Weber-Van Bosse 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema lanata Dalla Torre and Sarnthein 1901	inaccurate spelling (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 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 magnum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 mirabile Bornet 1889	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    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 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 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 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 rivulare Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema saleyeriense Weber-van Bosse 1913	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema sanpaulense Sant'Anna 1988	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 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 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 tenue Gardner 1927	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 transvaalense Cholnoky 1955	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 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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