Species Lyngbya birgei

Name: Lyngbya birgei Smith 1916

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Smith GM. New or interesting algae from the lakes of Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1916; 43:471-483.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnoraphis birgei (Smith 1916) Komárek et al. 2013

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Limnoraphis birgei (Smith 1916) Komárek et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya birgei 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 Lyngbya.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Lyngbya birgei var. major Woodhead and Tweed 1958	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Lyngbya birgei f. occidentalis Tracanna 1985	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Lyngbya birgei var. tenuior Jao 1948	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Smith GM. New or interesting algae from the lakes of Wisconsin. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 1916; 43:471-483.

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Record number: 6959

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Species Lyngbya birgei