Name: Kalymmatonema hyalinum (Gardner 1927) Bohunická et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Scytonema hyalinum Gardner 1927

Etymology: hy.a’li.num. Gr. neut. adj. hyalinon; N.L. neut. adj. hyalinum, hyaline

Pronunciation, gender: hy-A-li-num, neuter

Valid publication: Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Jusko BM, Mesfin M, Becerra-Absalon I. Kalymmatonema gen. nov. (Scytonemataceae, Cyanobacteria): A desert soil crust genus previously identified as Scytonema hyalinum, with description of seven species new to science. J Phycol 2025; 61:1225-1250.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Scytonema hyalinum Gardner 1927

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Scytonema hyalinum Gardner 1927	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kalymmatonema hyalinum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Kalymmatonema.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-07-29.

Parent taxon: Kalymmatonema Bohunická et al. 2025

Assigned by: Bohunicka M, Johansen JR, Pietrasiak N, Jusko BM, Mesfin M, Becerra-Absalon I. Kalymmatonema gen. nov. (Scytonemataceae, Cyanobacteria): A desert soil crust genus previously identified as Scytonema hyalinum, with description of seven species new to science. J Phycol 2025; 61:1225-1250.

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Record number: 66682