Species Lyngbya kashyapii

Name: Lyngbya kashyapii Ghose 1924

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ka.shy.a’pi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kashyapii, named in honor of Shiv Ram Kashyap, Indian botanist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka-s͡hy-A-pi-i, feminine

Valid publication: Ghose SL. A systematic and ecological account of a collection of blue-green algae from Lahore and Simla. Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 1924; 46:333-346.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Porphyrosiphon kashyapii (Ghose 1924) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Porphyrosiphon kashyapii (Ghose 1924) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya kashyapii 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Ghose SL. A systematic and ecological account of a collection of blue-green algae from Lahore and Simla. Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 1924; 46:333-346.

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Record number: 27315

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Species Lyngbya kashyapii