Species Lyngbya priestleyi

Name: Lyngbya priestleyi (Fritsch 1917) Senna 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Phormidium priestleyi Fritsch 1917

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. priestleyi, specific epithet of a Phormidium species

Gender: feminine

Holotype: ANT.LG2.4

16S rRNA gene: AY493580 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Senna PAC. Nomenclatural changes in the Brazilian Nostocophyceae. Taxon 1983; 32:467.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidesmis priestleyi (Fritsch 1917) Komárek et al. 2009

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidesmis priestleyi (Fritsch 1917) Komárek et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Phormidium priestleyi Fritsch 1917	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya priestleyi 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: Senna PAC. Nomenclatural changes in the Brazilian Nostocophyceae. Taxon 1983; 32:467.

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Record number: 41313

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