Species ***Lyngbya* *truncicola***

Name: Lyngbya truncicola Ghose 1924

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: trun.ci’co.la. L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. truncicola, dweller of a tree stem (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: trun-KI-ko-la, feminine

Valid publication: Ghose SL. A systematic and ecological account of a collection of blue-green algae from Lahore and Simla. Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 1924; 46:333-346.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Lyngbya truncicola (Ghose 1924) Aboal 1988.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Lyngbya truncicola var. burmense Ghose 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Lyngbya truncicola var. hoshiarpurensis Vasishta 1965	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Lyngbya truncicola var. jagdalpurances Subrahmanyam 1972	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Lyngbya truncicola var. singularis Jao 1944	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
"Lyngbya truncicola var. terrestris" Pandey and Mitra 1965	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Lyngbya Agardh ex Gomont 1892

Assigned by: Ghose SL. A systematic and ecological account of a collection of blue-green algae from Lahore and Simla. Journal of the Linnean Society (Botany) 1924; 46:333-346.

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Record number: 46467

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Species Lyngbya truncicola

Species ***Lyngbya* *truncicola***