Species Lyngbya pithophorae

Name: Lyngbya pithophorae Yoneda 1938

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.tho.pho’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. pithophorae, of the green alga genus Pithophora

Gender: feminine

Valid publication: Yoneda Y. Cyanophyceaeof Japan,III. Acta Phytotax. et Geobot. 1938; 7:173.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Heteroleibleinia pithophorae (Yoneda 1938) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Heteroleibleinia pithophorae (Yoneda 1938) Anagnostidis and Komárek 1988	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya pithophorae 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: Yoneda Y. Cyanophyceaeof Japan,III. Acta Phytotax. et Geobot. 1938; 7:173.

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Record number: 27182

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