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Species Lyngbya chlorospira

Name: Lyngbya chlorospira Skuja 1948

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: chlo.ro.spi’ra. Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; Gr. fem. n. speîra, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. chlorospira, a green spiral

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a khlo-ro-SPI-ra, feminine

Valid publication: Skuja H. Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 1948; 9:1-399.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnothrix chlorospira (Skuja 1948) Hindák and Trifonova 1989

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Lyngbya chlorospira 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Skuja H. Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 1948; 9:1-399.

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Record number: 35260