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Species Lyngbya leptonema

Name: Lyngbya leptonema Skuja 1964

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: lep.to.ne’ma. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin; Gr. neut. n. nêma, a thread; N.L. neut. n. leptonema, a thin thread (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a lep-to-NE-ma, feminine

Valid publication: Skuja H. Grundzüge der Algenflora und Algenvegetation der Fjeldgegenden um Abisko in Schwedisch-Lappland. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 1964; 18:1-465.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Heteroleibleinia leptonema (Skuja 1964) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Lyngbya leptonema 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. Grundzüge der Algenflora und Algenvegetation der Fjeldgegenden um Abisko in Schwedisch-Lappland. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 1964; 18:1-465.

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Record number: 27180