Species Lyngbya bouillonii

Name: Lyngbya bouillonii Hoffmann and Demoulin 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bouil.lon’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bouillonii, referring to Bouillon

Gender: feminine

Holotype: PNG5-198; PNG5-198R

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16S rRNA gene: FJ041298 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoffmann L, Demoulin V. Marine Cyanophyceae of Papua New Guinea. II. Lyngbya bouillonii sp. nov., a remarkable tropical reef-inhabiting blue-green alga. Belgian Journal of Botany 1991; 124:82-88.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Moorena bouillonii (Hoffmann and Demoulin 1991) Engene and Tronholm 2019

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Moorea bouillonii" (Hoffmann and Demoulin 1991) Engene et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Moorena bouillonii (Hoffmann and Demoulin 1991) Engene and Tronholm 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya bouillonii 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 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Hoffmann L, Demoulin V. Marine Cyanophyceae of Papua New Guinea. II. Lyngbya bouillonii sp. nov., a remarkable tropical reef-inhabiting blue-green alga. Belgian Journal of Botany 1991; 124:82-88.

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Record number: 6960

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Species Lyngbya bouillonii