Species Lyngbya taylorii

Name: Lyngbya taylorii Drouet and Strickland 1940

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tay.lo’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. taylorii, of Taylor, named in honor of Barrie F. Taylor for his contributions to our understanding of the marine organosulfur cycle and his mentorship of many students and postdoctoral associates in the field of marine microbiology

Pronunciation, gender: tay-LO-ri-i, feminine

Valid publication: Strickland JC. The Oscillatoriaceae of Virginia. American Journal of Botany 1940; 27:628-633.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phormidium taylorii corrig. (Drouet and Strickland 1940) Anagnostidis 2001

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phormidium taylorii corrig. (Drouet and Strickland 1940) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)
Phormidium taylori (Drouet and Strickland 1940) Anagnostidis 2001	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling (ICN [Botanical Code])

Notes:
- ❗ Lyngbya taylorii 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.
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Drouet and Strickland) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Strickland).
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Strickland JC. The Oscillatoriaceae of Virginia. American Journal of Botany 1940; 27:628-633.

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Record number: 6966

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Species Lyngbya taylorii