Species Lyngbya circumcreta

Name: Lyngbya circumcreta West 1907

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cir.cum.cre’ta. L. fem. perf. part. creta; N.L. fem. part. adj. circumcreta, grown around

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limnolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Li and Li 2016

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Planktolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Spirocoleus circumcretus (West 1907) Compère 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Limnolyngbya circumcreta (West 1907) Li and Li 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Lyngbya lagerheimii f. circumcreta (West 1907) Pankow 1976	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), distinct rank

Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CHAB 4449; CHAB 5649; CHAB 5650; CHAB 5667; CHAB 5683.
- ❗ Lyngbya circumcreta 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 2024-03-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Lyngbya circumcreta var. gelatinicola Ghose 1924	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: West GS. Report on the freshwater algae, including phytoplankton of the Third Tanganyika Expedition, conducted by Dr. W.A. Cunnington 1904-1905. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 1907; 38:81-197.

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Record number: 13836

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Species Lyngbya circumcreta