Species Lyngbya polysiphoniae

Name: Lyngbya polysiphoniae Frémy 1930

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.si.pho’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. polysiphoniae, of the red alge genus Polysiphonia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: LYN͡G-by-a po-ly-si-P^HO-ni-a͡e, feminine

Valid publication: Frémy P. Les Myxophycées de l'Afrique équatoriale française. Archives de Botanique, Mémoires 1930; 3:1-508.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Leptolyngbya polysiphoniae (Frémy 1930) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Leptolyngbya polysiphoniae (Frémy 1930) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Leibleinia polysiphoniae (Frémy 1930) Compère 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya polysiphoniae 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: Frémy P. Les Myxophycées de l'Afrique équatoriale française. Archives de Botanique, Mémoires 1930; 3:1-508.

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Record number: 27516

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