Species Lyngbya lismorensis

Name: Lyngbya lismorensis Playfair 1914

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lis.mo.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. lismorensis, pertaining to Lismore, Australia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lis-mo-REN-sis, feminine

Valid publication: Playfair GI. Contributions to a knowledge of the biology of the Richmond River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1914; 39:93-151.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium lismorense (Playfair 1914) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium lismorense (Playfair 1914) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya lismorensis 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.

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 lismorensis var. nigra Playfair 1914	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Playfair GI. Contributions to a knowledge of the biology of the Richmond River. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1914; 39:93-151.

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Record number: 27277

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Species Lyngbya lismorensis