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 arcangeli 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 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 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 family Scytonemataceae 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.
  • 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 in some sources as: "Bcytonema"; "Hcytoncma"; "Scegytonema"; "Sceytonema"; "Scgytonema"; "Schytonema"; "Scijtonema"; "Scjtonema"; "Scltytonema"; "Scptonema"; "Scvtonema"; "Scyfonema"; "Scyionema"; "Scylanema"; "Scyloncma"; "Scylonema"; "Scyomema"; "Scyptonema"; "Scytanema"; "Scytcnema"; "Scytenema"; "Scytmzema"; "Scytnnema"; "Scytomema"; "Scytomena"; "Scytonama"; "Scytoncna"; "Scytoneina"; "Scytonemati"; "Scytonenia"; "Scytonerna"; "Scytonmua"; "Scytonoma"; "Scytorzema"; "Scytunema"; "Scyxonema"; "Segtonema"; "Segytonema"; "Sevtonema"; "Seylenema"; "Seylouema"; "Seytenema"; "Seytonema"; "Seytonems"; "Seytonenla"; "Seytouema"; "Skytonema"; "Soytonema"; "Stytonema"; "Syctonema"; "Sytonema"; "Szytonema".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCC: 2.
  • 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: 29
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 31
Total number of child taxa: 34

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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 arcangeli Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema atrovirens" (Dillwyn 1803) Agardh 1812	not validly published
    Scytonema bilaspurense Singh et al. 2016	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 carolinianum Philson 1939	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema geitleri Bharadwaja 1934	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema hansgirgii Schmidle 1900	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 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 javanicum Bornet ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    "Scytonema julianum" Meneghini 1841	not validly published
    Scytonema magnum Gardner 1927	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 myochrous Agardh ex Bornet and Flahault 1886	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 planum Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema pulchellum Gardner 1927	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
    Scytonema punctatum 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 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

Parent taxon: Scytonemataceae Frank 1886

Assigned by: Frank AB. Dr. Johannes Leunis Synopsis der Pflanzenkunde. Aufl. 3. Band. 3. Unknown Publisher, Hannover, 1886.

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Record number: 6403